Yellow Pancake Batfish

Fish > Batfishes

The Yellow Pancake Batfish (Malthopsis lutea) is an extraordinary deep-sea batfish belonging to the anglerfish order (Lophiiformes). Inhabiting the perpetual dimness of continental slopes across the Indo-West Pacific, this bizarre bottom-dwelling fish is heavily...

Desert Shaggy Mane

Fungi > Puffballs & Earthstars

The Desert Shaggy Mane (Podaxis pistillaris), also known evocatively as the ‘false shaggy mane’ or ‘desert puffball,’ is an astonishing xerophytic fungus exquisitely adapted to thrive in some of the most scorching, hyper-arid deserts on Earth....

Hida Salamander

Amphibians > Salamanders

The Hida Salamander (Hynobius kimurae) is an elegant, stream-dwelling caudate amphibian endemic to the mountainous regions of central and western Honshu, Japan. Named after the historic Hida Province where type specimens were collected, this secretive mountain...

Frilled Lizard

Reptiles > Lizards

The Frilled Lizard (Chlamydosaurus kingii), widely celebrated across Australian wildlife folklore and popular culture as the ‘frillneck lizard’, is a spectacular, iconic arboreal agamid reptile belonging to the family Agamidae, native to the tropical...

Bridal Veil Stinkhorn

Fungi > Stinkhorns

The Bridal Veil Stinkhorn (Phallus indusiatus), celebrated in mycological literature as the ‘veiled lady’ or ‘maiden’s veil fungus,’ is undeniably one of the most breathtakingly exquisite, yet olfactorily shocking fungi on Earth. Emerging...