Fungi > Agarics & Gilled Mushrooms
The Rusty Gilled Polypore (Gloeophyllum sepiarium), also celebrated as the Conifer Mazegill, is a tough, sun-defying wood-decay fungus native to conifer forests across the Northern Hemisphere. An evolutionary marvel that bridges bracket polypores and gilled mushrooms,...
Invertebrates > Crustaceans
The Asian Brush-clawed Shore Crab (Hemigrapsus takanoi) is a compact, highly successful intertidal crustacean native to the rocky coastlines of Japan and Korea. Famous for the dense, plush tuft of velvety hairs (setae) located at the base of the pincers in mature...
Fish > Suckerfishes & Loaches
The Desert Sucker (Catostomus clarkii) is a hardy, streamlined freshwater fish specially adapted to the torrential currents and dynamic flash floods of desert canyon streams throughout the American Southwest. Equipped with thick, fleshy lips armed with specialized,...
Mammals > Antelopes & Gazelles
Peters’s Duiker (Cephalophus callipygus) is a robust, diurnal forest antelope native to the lush, undisturbed primary rainforests of the Congo Basin. Famous for its scientific name callipygus—meaning ‘beautiful rump’ in Greek, describing its rich,...
