Plants > Orchids & Asparagales
The Mirror Orchid (Ophrys speculum) is an exquisite, sexually deceptive terrestrial orchid celebrated as one of the botanical kingdom’s most ingenious evolutionary mimics. Native to the sun-drenched garrigue and calcareous slopes of the Mediterranean Basin, its...
Invertebrates > Octopuses & Incirrata
The Glass Octopus (Vitreledonella richardi) is an ethereal, nearly invisible cephalopod that drifts like a living phantom through the twilight and midnight zones of the world’s tropical oceans. Possessing an almost entirely transparent, gelatinous mantle and...
Fish > Sawsharks & Pristiophoriformes
The Longnose Sawshark (Pristiophorus cirratus) is a distinctive, bottom-dwelling elasmobranch native to the temperate continental shelf waters of southern Australia. Readily distinguished from the unrelated sawfishes by its lateral gill slits, slender body, and...
Birds > Passerines & Broadbills
The Long-tailed Broadbill (Psarisomus dalhousiae) is an exceptionally striking, jewel-toned canopy passerine inhabiting the lush subtropical hill forests of Southeast Asia and the eastern Himalayas. Instantly recognizable by its helmet-like black cap with a bright...
Birds > Toucans & Piciformes
The Collared Aracari (Pteroglossus torquatus) is a brightly colored, social medium-sized toucan native to the lush, humid lowland rainforests of Central and northern South America. Readily identified by its enormous, serrated ivory-and-black bill, piercing yellow...
