Christmas Island Red Crab

Invertebrates > Crabs

The Christmas Island Red Crab (Gecarcoidea natalis) is the protagonist of one of the natural world’s greatest wildlife spectacles: an epic, synchronised annual breeding migration of over 50 million vivid scarlet crabs marching across Christmas Island. Coating...

Pleasing Poison Frog

Amphibians > Poison Dart Frogs

The Pleasing Poison Frog (Ameerega bassleri) is a dazzling, charismatic gem of the eastern Andean cloud forests of Peru. Renowned among herpetologists for its electric coloration—combining a jet-black dorsal body with glowing lime-green to turquoise dorsolateral...

Malagasy Giant Chameleon

Reptiles > Chameleons

The Malagasy Giant Chameleon (Furcifer oustaleti), also known as Oustalet’s Chameleon, reigns as one of the colossal giants of the reptile world, rivaling the Parson’s chameleon for the title of the longest chameleon on Earth with males stretching over two...

Indonesian Blue-tongued Skink

Reptiles > Skinks

The Indonesian Blue-tongued Skink (Tiliqua gigas) is a robust, fascinating terrestrial lizard native to the warm, rain-drenched jungles of New Guinea and the Moluccan Islands. Famous worldwide for its fleshy, cobalt-blue tongue that it sticks out in a dramatic threat...

Majestic Angelfish

Fish > Angelfishes

The Majestic Angelfish (Pomacanthus navarchus), also celebrated as the Blue-girdled Angelfish, is an aristocrat of the coral reef world whose coloration resembles an intricate, living stained-glass masterpiece. Gliding through the coral corridors of the Coral...