Hare’s Ear Fungus

Fungi > Cup Fungi

The Hare’s Ear Fungus (Otidea onotica) is an enchanting ascomycete cup fungus celebrated for its unique, asymmetrical fruiting bodies that remarkably mimic the elongated, upright ears of a European brown hare. Emerging in late summer and autumn from the damp...

Foxtail Pine

Plants > Conifers

The Foxtail Pine (Pinus balfouriana) is an ancient, sculpted subalpine conifer endemic strictly to the high-elevation rocky crests of California. Closely related to the world-renowned Great Basin and Rocky Mountain bristlecone pines, the foxtail pine reigns over...

Fringed Jumping Spider

Invertebrates > Spiders

The Fringed Jumping Spider (Portia fimbriata) is widely celebrated among arachnologists and evolutionary cognitive scientists as one of the most intellectually formidable invertebrates on Earth. Endemic to the tropical rainforests of northern Australia and the...

Fire Eel

Fish > Spiny Eels

The Fire Eel (Mastacembelus erythrotaenia) is the largest and most flamboyantly patterned member of the spiny eel family (Mastacembelidae), native to the sluggish river systems and tropical floodplains of Southeast Asia. Despite its serpent-like silhouette, this...

Duck-billed Tree Frog

Amphibians > Frogs & Toads

The Duck-billed Tree Frog (Triprion spatulatus) is an anatomically bizarre hylid frog endemic to the seasonal tropical dry forests and coastal thorn scrub of western Mexico. Renowned for its elongated, flattened, shovel-shaped snout and heavily co-ossified cranial...