Reptiles > Monitors & Lizards
u003cdivu003eu003cstrongu003eCommon Name:u003c/strongu003e Pygmy Mulga Monitoru003c/divu003eu003cdivu003eu003cstrongu003eScientific Name:u003c/strongu003e u003cemu003eVaranus gilleniu003c/emu003eu003c/divu003eu003cdivu003eu003cstrongu003eCategory:u003c/strongu003e...
Fungi > Hymenochaetaceae & Bracket Fungi
The Giant Bracket Fungus (Phellinus ellipsoideus, formerly classified as Fomitiporia ellipsoidea) holds the astounding official world record for producing the largest, heaviest individual fungal fruiting body on planet Earth. Discovered thriving in the tropical...
Plants > Orchidaceae & Bucket Orchids
The Bucket Orchid (Coryanthes speciosa) is universally recognized among evolutionary biologists as having the most mechanically complex and astonishing pollination mechanism of any flowering plant on Earth. Described with fascination by Charles Darwin, this bizarre...
Invertebrates > Inachidae & Arrow Crabs
The Yellowline Arrow Crab (Stenorhynchus seticornis) is one of the most striking and architecturally eccentric decapods inhabiting the tropical coral reefs of the Western Atlantic. Known colloquially as the spider crab or Caribbean arrow crab, this bizarre crustacean...
Fish > Stomiidae & Barbeled Dragonfishes
The Boa Dragonfish (Stomias boa) is a fearsome and mesmerizing deep-sea predator prowling the perpetual twilight of the global ocean’s mesopelagic zone. Clothed in an iridescent sheath of silvery-black hexagonal scale pockets, this elongated, serpent-like fish...
