Yellow Fairy Cup

Fungi > Cup Fungi

The Yellow Fairy Cup (Bisporella citrina), affectionately known among field mycologists as the ‘lemon disco,’ is a cheerful, diminutive ascomycete fungus that adorns rotting hardwood timber with vibrant golden hues. Occurring in dense, kaleidoscopic swarms...

Christmas Tree Worm

Invertebrates > Worms

The Christmas Tree Worm (Spirobranchus giganteus) is one of the most vividly gorgeous, celebrated, and iconic invertebrates inhabiting coral reef ecosystems worldwide. Embedded permanently within the calcareous skeletons of massive stony corals, this sedentary...

Ornate Bichir

Fish > Bichirs & Reedfishes

The Ornate Bichir (Polypterus ornatipinnis) is an extraordinary freshwater predator and a celebrated living relic of the ancient actinopterygian subclass Cladistia, an archaic lineage that branched off before modern bony fishes evolved over 350 million years ago....

Emerald Glass Frog

Amphibians > Frogs & Toads

The Emerald Glass Frog (Espadarana prosoblepon) is an exquisite and delicate jewel of the Neotropical rainforest understory. Inhabiting the lush, mist-drenched stream banks stretching from Honduras through Costa Rica and Panama to Pacific Ecuador, this captivating...

Baron’s Mantella

Amphibians > Frogs & Toads

Baron’s Mantella (Mantella baroni), also celebrated as the painted mantella, is one of Madagascar’s most breathtakingly vivid and charismatic amphibians. Endemic strictly to the misty montane rainforests along the island’s eastern spine, this...