Fungi > Agaricales
The Pear-shaped Puffball (Apioperdon pyriforme), previously classified under the genus Lycoperdon, is one of the most common and easily recognized wood-dwelling fungi in temperate woodlands. Renowned for its distinctive inverted-pear morphology, this saprotrophic...
Invertebrates > Cestida
Venus’ Girdle (Cestum veneris) is an ethereal, ribbon-shaped comb jelly that drifts gracefully through the warm open waters of the world’s oceans. Unlike typical spherical or lobate ctenophores, Venus’ girdle is compressed laterally into an...
Fish > Stomiiformes
Guerne’s Loosejaw (Photostomias guernei) is an extraordinary deep-sea dragonfish that haunts the mesopelagic and bathypelagic layers of the world’s oceans. Like other members of the loosejaw family, this predatory teleost lacks a floor in its lower jaw,...
Amphibians > Anura
The Painted Reed Frog (Hyperolius marmoratus) is a jewel-like amphibian native to the coastal wetlands, reed beds, and marshes of eastern and southern Africa. Widely celebrated as one of the most polychromatic vertebrates in the world, this miniature frog exhibits...
Reptiles > Squamata
Abbott’s Crested Lizard (Gonocephalus abbotti) is a spectacular arboreal agamid lizard native to the primary rainforests of the Malay Peninsula. Named in honor of American naturalist William Louis Abbott, this canopy dweller is famed for its prehistoric...
