Tasmanian Pademelon

Mammals > Marsupials

The Tasmanian Pademelon (Thylogale billardierii), also celebrated as the Red-bellied Pademelon, is a compact, robust macropod endemic to the island of Tasmania and Bass Strait islands. While eradicated from the Australian mainland in the 19th century following the...

Russet Toughshank

Fungi > Agarics & Gilled Mushrooms

The Russet Toughshank (Gymnopus dryophilus), also celebrated traditionally as the Oak-loving Collybia, is one of the most prolific and ecologically indispensable forest-floor decomposers across the temperate woodlands of the Northern Hemisphere. Emerging in large...

Platycarya

Plants > Trees & Shrubs

Platycarya (Platycarya strobilacea) is a fascinating, evolutionary unique flowering hardwood tree that bridges the appearance of broadleaf angiosperms and cone-bearing conifers. Belonging to its own distinct monotypic genus within the walnut family (Juglandaceae),...

Chinese Wingnut

Plants > Trees & Shrubs

The Chinese Wingnut (Pterocarya stenoptera) is a magnificent, fast-growing riparian hardwood tree native to the grand river valleys and alluvial floodplains of China. Belonging to the walnut family (Juglandaceae), it is celebrated for its handsome, winged compound...

Atlantic Mud Crab

Invertebrates > Crustaceans

The Atlantic Mud Crab (Panopeus herbstii) is a heavy-set, formidable crustacean that reigns as one of the primary shell-cracking predators of oyster reefs along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of North America. Renowned for its immense, muscular black-tipped claws and...