Birds > Owlet-nightjars
The Australian Owlet-nightjar (Aegotheles cristatus) is a captivating, nocturnal woodland bird widespread across the Australian continent. Blending anatomical traits of both owls and true nightjars, this small, round-headed avian marvel occupies its own distinct...
Fungi > Tooth Fungi
The Zoned Tooth Fungus (Hydnellum concrescens) is an intricate, leathery macrofungus belonging to the tooth fungus family Bankeraceae. Found growing along mossy pathways and needle-strewn duff in mature temperate forests across the Northern Hemisphere, this...
Fish > Chimaeras
The Pacific Spookfish (Rhinochimaera pacifica), also known as the knifenose chimaera, is an enigmatic and archaic cartilaginous deep-sea fish belonging to the ancient chimaera order Chimaeriformes. Diverging from ancestral shark lineages hundreds of millions of years...
Mammals > Cetaceans
Bryde’s Whale (Balaenoptera edeni), pronounced ‘broo-dus,’ is a sleek, medium-sized rorqual uniquely adapted to warm tropical and warm-temperate oceans worldwide. Unlike most baleen whales that undertake epic annual polar migrations to feed in...
Fungi > Hygrophoraceae
The Appalachian Waxcap (Hygrocybe appalachianensis) is a brilliantly colored, jewel-like macrofungus native to the ancient, mist-draped hardwood forests of the Appalachian Mountain corridor in eastern North America. Appearing along damp, moss-carpeted forest pathways...
