Fungi > Sphaerobolaceae & Cannonball Fungi
The Cannonball Fungus (Sphaerobolus stellatus), also famously known as the artillery fungus or sphere-thrower, is an astonishing gasteroid basidiomycete found across temperate forests and garden landscapes worldwide. Despite measuring barely two millimeters in...
Fish > Batrachoididae & Toadfishes
The Plainfin Midshipman (Porichthys notatus), famously dubbed the ‘singing toadfish’ or ‘California singing fish,’ is a fascinating benthic teleost native to the coastal waters of the northeastern Pacific. Belonging to the toadfish family...
Mammals > Chrysochloridae & Golden Moles
Grant’s Golden Mole (Eremitalpa granti) is one of the most astonishingly adapted desert mammals on Earth, an ancient afrotherian that reigns over the hyper-arid coastal sand dunes of the Namib Desert and southwestern South Africa. Holding the title of the...
Fungi > Geoglossaceae & Earth Tongues
The Green Earth Tongue (Microglossum viride) is an enchanting and vividly colored ascomycete fungus that emerges from deep cushions of forest moss across the temperate woodlands of the Northern Hemisphere. Unlike common black earth tongues that present somber charcoal...
Fish > Gymnarchidae & Aba Aba
The Aba Aba (Gymnarchus niloticus), also known colloquially as the frankfish or African knifefish, is a colossal and primitive freshwater fish inhabiting the tranquil river basins and vast papyrus swamps of tropical Africa. The sole living member of the family...
