Australian Ghost Shark

Fish > Chimaeras & Ghost Sharks

The Australian Ghost Shark (Callorhinchus milii), known widely in New Zealand as the elephant fish or plownose chimaera, is an ancient cartilaginous fish belonging to the subclass Holocephali. Diverging from the true shark and ray lineage over 400 million years ago...

Shaggy Cap Bolete

Fungi > Boletes

The Shaggy Cap Bolete (Boletellus emodensis) is an eye-catching and flamboyantly colored bolete mushroom native to the humid forests of East Asia, the Himalayas, and the eastern seaboard of Australia. Distinguished by its velvety, deep magenta-to-crimson cap adorned...

Dana Viperfish

Fish > Viperfishes

The Dana Viperfish (Chauliodus danae) is a fearsome, iconic deep-sea predator prowling the twilight mesopelagic realm between 1,600 and 6,500 feet (500–2,000 m) beneath the ocean surface. Belonging to the stomiid family Stomiidae, this specialized creature is famous...

Pilbara Death Adder

Reptiles > Elapids & Snakes

The Pilbara Death Adder (Acanthophis wellsi) is a heavily built, highly venomous elapid snake endemic strictly to the ancient, rust-red ironstone ranges and arid gorges of the Pilbara region in northwestern Western Australia. Unlike typical slender, active-hunting...

Wompoo Fruit Dove

Birds > Pigeons & Doves

The Wompoo Fruit Dove (Ptilinopus magnificus), celebrated also as the Magnificent Fruit Dove, is the largest and most flamboyantly colored fruit dove native to the lush tropical and subtropical rainforest canopies of eastern Australia and New Guinea. Adorned in a...