Lumpy Bracket

Fungi > Bracket Fungi

The Lumpy Bracket (Trametes gibbosa), occasionally called the beech bracket, is an iconic and robust polypore bracket fungus found throughout ancient broadleaf woodlands across Europe and Asia. Characterized by its thick, corky, semi-circular shelf-like fruiting...

Curved-Nose Elephantfish

Fish > Elephantfishes

The Curved-Nose Elephantfish (Campylomormyrus curvirostris) is one of the most anatomically extraordinary freshwater teleost fishes endemic to the sprawling, turbid channels of Central Africa’s Congo River basin. Belonging to the ancient osteoglossomorph family...

Eastern Spadefoot

Amphibians > Spadefoot Toads

The Eastern Spadefoot (Pelobates syriacus), also known as the Syrian spadefoot toad, is a stout, fossorial amphibian occurring across the semi-arid river floodplains, coastal dunes, and open steppes of southeastern Europe, the Anatolian peninsula, and the Levant....

Crested Owl

Birds > Owls

The Crested Owl (Lophostrix cristata) is an enigmatic and unmistakable Neotropical nocturnal raptor celebrated for having the most extravagant, exaggerated white ear tufts of any owl on Earth. Occupying the dense understory and mid-canopy of undisturbed tropical...

North African Elephant Shrew

Mammals > Elephant Shrews

The North African Elephant Shrew (Elephantulus rozeti), also known as the North African sengi, holds a singular evolutionary position as the only surviving member of the entire order Macroscelidea found north of the Sahara Desert. Inhabiting the rugged, arid foothills...