Necklace Orchid

Plants > Orchids

The Necklace Orchid (Pholidota imbricata), also known as the Rattlesnake Orchid, is an elegant, widespread epiphytic and lithophytic orchid native to the tropical and subtropical forests of South and Southeast Asia, Malesia, and northern Queensland, Australia. Beloved...

Phalaenopsis Bulbophyllum

Plants > Orchids

The Phalaenopsis Bulbophyllum (Bulbophyllum phalaenopsis) is one of the botanical world’s most astonishing and colossal epiphytic orchids. Indigenous exclusively to the steaming lowland rainforests of New Guinea, this botanical wonder produces enormous,...

Red-legged Golden Orb-web Spider

Invertebrates > Spiders

The Red-legged Golden Orb-web Spider (Nephila inaurata), also known as the Seychelles or Madagascan golden orb-weaver, is an iconic arachnid celebrated for spinning immense, shimmering aerial webs composed of lustrous golden-yellow silk. Indigenous to Madagascar, the...

Antarctic Stone Crab

Invertebrates > Decapods

The Antarctic Stone Crab (Paralomis birsteini) is a heavily armored deep-sea lithodid crustacean inhabiting the frigid continental slopes surrounding Antarctica. For tens of millions of years, the sub-zero waters of the shallow Antarctic shelf excluded bone-crushing...

Indus Valley Bullfrog

Amphibians > Dicroglossidae

The Indus Valley Bullfrog (Hoplobatrachus tigerinus), commonly known as the Indian Bullfrog, is one of South Asia’s largest and most ecologically formidable amphibians. Widely distributed across the Indus and Ganges river basins, this powerful anuran is...