Invertebrates > Thomisidae & Crab Spiders
The Bird Dung Crab Spider (Phrynarachne decipiens) is an astonishing example of aggressive masquerade camouflage in the natural world. Inhabiting humid tropical rainforests of Southeast Asia, this specialized crab spider has evolved an uncanny visual and olfactory...
Fish > Chaunacidae & Coffinfishes
The Mid-Atlantic Coffinfish (Chaunax suttkusi) is an enigmatic, deep-sea benthic anglerfish belonging to the family Chaunacidae. Inhabiting bathypelagic depths along the continental slopes and underwater seamounts of the Atlantic Ocean, this spherical, rose-pink fish...
Reptiles > Teiidae & Whiptail Lizards
The New Mexico Whiptail (Aspidoscelis neomexicana) is an agile desert lizard renowned across vertebrate biology as a premier model of obligate parthenogenesis. Endemic to the Chihuahuan Desert and Rio Grande basin, every single individual of this species is female....
Mammals > Bathyergidae & African Mole-rats
The Damaraland Mole-rat (Fukomys damarensis) is a subterranean rodent native to southwestern Africa that represents one of the exceptionally rare instances of true eusociality among mammals. Inhabiting the arid red dunes and thornscrub of the Kalahari Desert, these...
Fungi > Morchellaceae & True Morels
The Six-ribbed Morel (Morchella sextelata) is a prized, pyrophilous black morel species belonging to the Elata clade of the family Morchellaceae. Renowned across western North America as one of the premier ‘burn morels,’ this architectural ascomycete...
