Cape Dune Mole-Rat

Mammals > Blesmols & Mole-Rats

The Cape Dune Mole-Rat (Bathyergus suillus) is the undisputed colossus of subterranean rodents, holding the scientific title as the largest subterranean rodent on planet Earth. Endemic exclusively to the windswept coastal dunes and sandy strandveld lowlands of South...

Red-Eared Fruit Dove

Birds > Fruit Doves

The Red-Eared Fruit Dove (Ptilinopus fischeri) is a remarkably handsome, reclusive columbid bird endemic to the rugged, cloud-shrouded mountain cordilleras of Sulawesi in the Indonesian Wallacea archipelago. First collected in the 19th century and named in honor of...

Darwin’s Bread Fungus

Fungi > Cyttaria Fungi

Darwin’s Bread Fungus (Cyttaria hariotii), known locally across Patagonia as llao llao or pan de indio (Indian bread), is an extraordinary, edible ascomycete fungus endemic to the subantarctic and temperate beech forests of southern Chile and Argentina. First...

Florida Giant Whipscorpion

Invertebrates > Whipscorpions

The Florida Giant Whipscorpion (Mastigoproctus floridanus), commonly referred to across the American Southeast as the Florida vinegaroon, is a formidable, prehistoric-looking arachnid belonging to the order Thelyphonida. Resurrected to full species status in 2018...

Lined Conger

Fish > Conger Eels

The Lined Conger (Bathycongrus guttulatus) is a benthic marine eel belonging to the family Congridae (conger and garden eels), inhabiting deep continental shelf and upper slope seabeds throughout the Western Central Atlantic Ocean. Residing in cold, dim waters between...