Birds > Trogonidae & Trogons
The Narina Trogon (Apaloderma narina) is one of Africa’s most breathtakingly vibrant woodland birds, famed for its brilliant metallic green mantle and glowing crimson belly. Named by 18th-century French ornithologist François Levaillant after a Khoikhoi woman...
Fungi > Bankeraceae & Tooth Fungi
The Black Tooth (Phellodon niger), also known as the black tooth fungus or fragrant hydnum, is an enigmatic and visually striking tooth fungus native to old-growth boreal and temperate conifer forests of the Northern Hemisphere. Belonging to the family Bankeraceae,...
Fish > Anotopteridae & Daggerteeth
The Daggertooth (Anotopterus pharao) is a formidable and fearsome predatory teleost inhabiting the open pelagic expanses of global oceans. Belonging to the family Anotopteridae within the order Aulopiformes, this apex open-ocean hunter is famous for its long,...
Reptiles > Agamidae & Dragon Lizards
The Lake Eyre Dragon (Ctenophorus maculosus) is one of the most ecologically specialized and resilient reptiles on Earth, thriving in an environment so hostile and barren that almost no other vertebrate can survive: the blinding white, hyper-saline salt crust of Kati...
Birds > Columbidae & Fruit Doves
The Pink-headed Fruit Dove (Ptilinopus porphyreus) is one of the most breathtakingly colorful and elusive avian jewels of Southeast Asia, endemic strictly to the misty volcanic mountain slopes of Sumatra, Java, and Bali. Clothed in a stunning plumage of shocking...
