Amphibians > Gymnophiona
The Mexican Burrowing Caecilian (Dermophis mexicanus) is a remarkable, limbless fossorial amphibian belonging to the ancient order Gymnophiona. Inhabiting the deep, humid soils and shaded plantations of Central America and southern Mexico, this subterranean survivor...
Mammals > Eulipotyphla
The Medellín Small-eared Shrew (Cryptotis medellinia) is a diminutive, highly specialized soricomorph mammal endemic to the high-elevation Andean cloud forests and páramo transitions of Colombia. First described scientifically from specimens gathered near the city of...
Fungi > Tooth Fungi
Sinclair’s Tooth Fungus (Phellodon sinclairii) is a distinctive, dark-hued hydnoid fungus endemic to the pristine temperate rainforests of New Zealand. Named in honor of 19th-century colonial surgeon and botanist Andrew Sinclair, this striking macrofungus...
Invertebrates > Mollusks
The Small Blue Dragon (Glaucus marginatus) is an astonishing and ethereal pelagic nudibranch that floats on the surface tension of warm tropical and subtropical oceans. Closely related to the famous Glaucus atlanticus, this miniature marine marvel drifts upside down...
Invertebrates > Insects
The Timberman Beetle (Acanthocinus aedilis) is a world-renowned longhorn beetle (Cerambycidae) famous for possessing some of the longest antennae relative to body size in the animal kingdom. Native across the ancient boreal pine forests and taiga of northern Europe...
