Magnificent Riflebird

Birds > Birds-of-Paradise

The Magnificent Riflebird (Ptiloris magnificus) is an extraordinary member of the bird-of-paradise family (Paradisaeidae) inhabiting the lush lowland rainforests of New Guinea and Cape York. Celebrated for its deep, resonant call that echoes through the canopy and its...

Candy Basslet

Fish > Basslets & Groupers

The Candy Basslet (Liopropoma carmabi) is widely celebrated among marine biologists, deep-sea aquanauts, and underwater photographers as one of the most breathtakingly radiant fishes inhabiting the world’s oceans. Residing far below normal recreational scuba...

Banna Caecilian

Amphibians > Caecilians

The Banna Caecilian (Ichthyophis bannanicus) is an extraordinary limbless amphibian representing the ancient order Gymnophiona, native to the humid subtropical mountain valleys of southern China and northern Vietnam. Frequently mistaken for an oversized earthworm or a...

Sato’s Beaked Whale

Mammals > Cetaceans

Sato’s Beaked Whale (Berardius minimus) is a remarkable deep-diving cetacean formally described by marine taxonomists in 2019, confirming decades of oral history from traditional Japanese whalers who spoke of a mysterious, small black whale known as...

European Pill Millipede

Invertebrates > Millipedes

The European Pill Millipede (Glomeris marginata) is a delightful and ecologically vital detritivorous myriapod widespread across the calcareous broadleaf woodlands of western and central Europe. Frequently mistaken for common terrestrial woodlice (pillbugs) due to an...