White Bat Flower

Plants > Yams & Relatives

The White Bat Flower (Tacca integrifolia) is one of the most theatrical, haunting, and mesmerizing botanical species found in the tropical rainforests of Southeast Asia. Rising from the dark forest floor, its bizarre inflorescence features two expansive, wing-like...

Spider Gecko

Reptiles > Geckos

The Spider Gecko (Agamura persica), also known as the Persian spider gecko, is a spindly, high-stepping desert specialist endemic to the stony wastelands of the Iranian Plateau and Pakistan. Featuring disproportionately elongated, needle-thin legs, a short triangular...

Polka-dot Batfish

Fish > Batfishes

The Polka-dot Batfish (Ogcocephalus cubifrons) is an extraordinarily quirky, bottom-dwelling anglerfish native to the warm coastal shelf waters of the western Atlantic. Sporting a flattened triangular disc body covered in rough, wart-like tubercles and adorned with...

Torrent Duck

Birds > Waterfowl

The Torrent Duck (Merganetta armata) is one of the world’s most specialized and physically daring waterfowl species. Inhabiting turbulent, freezing whitewater torrents across the jagged spine of the South American Andes, this extraordinary bird swims...

Rufous Potoo

Birds > Potoos

The Rufous Potoo (Nyctibius bracteatus) is the rarest, most enigmatic, and smallest member of the bizarre potoo family (Nyctibiidae). While other potoos blend into dead tree stumps with weathered grey-brown bark patterning, this secretive denizen of the Amazonian...