Plants > Droseraceae & Sundews
The Poppy-flowered Sundew (Drosera cistiflora) is universally celebrated among botanists as having the largest and most astonishingly colorful flowers of any carnivorous sundew on Earth. Endemic to the hyper-diverse Cape Floral Kingdom of South Africa, this erect,...
Birds > Cuculidae & Cuckoos
The Lesser Roadrunner (Geococcyx velox) is a fast, agile cursorial cuckoo native to the sun-baked thorn scrublands and dry valleys of Mexico and Central America. The smaller, more tropical counterpart of the famous Greater Roadrunner, this charismatic ground predator...
Mammals > Sciuridae & Tree Squirrels
The Orange-bellied Himalayan Squirrel (Dremomys lokriah) is a charismatic and nimble arboreal rodent native to the cloud-draped mountain forests of the Eastern Himalayas. Belonging to the Asian red-cheeked squirrel group, it is easily recognized by its dark...
Invertebrates > Myrmeleontidae & Antlions
The Australian Giant Antlion (Stilbopteryx walkeri) is a magnificent and formidable predatory neuropteran endemic to the sun-baked arid heart of Australia. Belonging to the ancient subfamily Stilbopteryginae, this colossal insect departs radically from typical...
Fish > Syngnathidae & Pipefishes
The Ribboned Seadragon (Haliichthys taeniophorus), also known as the ribboned pipefish, is a captivating and elegant marine teleost closely related to the famous leafy and weedy seadragons. Inhabiting the tropical coastal waters of northern Australia and southern New...
