Picasso Triggerfish

Fish > Ray-finned Fish

The Picasso Triggerfish (Rhinecanthus aculeatus), also widely known in Hawaii by the traditional Polynesian name Humuhumunukunukuapua’a, is an iconic tropical marine fish celebrated for its surreal, abstract-art-like facial markings. Inhabiting shallow coral...

Broad-billed Roller

Birds > Perching Birds

The Broad-billed Roller (Eurystomus glaucurus) is a dazzling, stocky aerial bird belonging to the roller family Coraciidae, widespread across the woodlands and savannas of sub-Saharan Africa and Madagascar. Famous for its heavy, bright yellow bill and rich...

Common Greenshank

Birds > Wading Birds & Shorebirds

The Common Greenshank (Tringa nebularia) is a large, elegant Palearctic wader renowned for its long greenish-grey legs and slender, slightly upturned bill. Nesting across the vast boreal peatlands and taiga bogs of northern Eurasia, it undertakes tremendous annual...

Harris’s Antelope Squirrel

Mammals > Rodents

Harris’s Antelope Squirrel (Ammospermophilus harrisii) is an energetic, diurnal ground squirrel that inhabits the sun-drenched rocky foothills and saguaro forests of the Sonoran Desert. Renowned for carrying its tail tightly curled over its back to reflect...

Round-tailed Ground Squirrel

Mammals > Rodents

The Round-tailed Ground Squirrel (Xerospermophilus tereticaudus) is a compact, highly specialized desert rodent native to the scorching arid lowlands of the Sonoran and Mojave deserts. Uniquely recognized by its unflattened, cylindrical tail that lacks the bushy...