Narrownose Chimaera

Fish > Chimaeras

The Narrownose Chimaera (Harriotta raleighana), commonly known as the longnose chimaera or bentnose ghost shark, is an ancient cartilaginous deep-sea fish belonging to the order Chimaeriformes. Diverging from the shark and ray lineages more than 400 million years ago...

Greater Broad-nosed Bat

Mammals > Bats

The Greater Broad-nosed Bat (Platyrrhinus vittatus) is an impressive, canopy-dwelling frugivorous phyllostomid bat native to the lush montane cloud forests of Central America and the northern Andes. Recognized by its prominent fleshy noseleaf, striking bright white...

Alpine Bladderwort

Plants > Carnivorous Plants

The Alpine Bladderwort (Utricularia alpina) is an exquisite epiphytic and lithophytic carnivorous plant native to the mist-shrouded cloud forests and flat-topped sandstone tepuis of the Guiana Shield and Caribbean islands. Renowned for producing monumental,...

Halloween Moon Crab

Invertebrates > Land Crabs

The Halloween Moon Crab (Gecarcinus quadratus), also celebrated as the mouthless crab or harlequin land crab, is one of the most spectacularly colored terrestrial crustaceans on Earth. Endemic to the Pacific coastal forests of the Neotropics, its jet-black carapace,...

Ebony Cup

Fungi > Cup Fungi

The Ebony Cup (Pseudoplectania nigrella) is a striking and mysterious operculate ascomycete fungus that emerges across the mossy floor of boreal and montane coniferous forests. Resembling tiny, velvety black chalices scattered across bright emerald cushions of moss,...