Hoary Bat

Mammals > Bats

The Hoary Bat (Lasiurus cinereus) is the magnificent, silver-frosted long-distance wanderer of the American skies and the largest bat native to Canada and the northern United States. Renowned for its dense, luxurious fur coat dramatically tipped with silvery-white...

Guenther’s Dik-dik

Mammals > Even-Toed Ungulates

Guenther’s Dik-dik (Madoqua guentheri) is a miniature, delightfully eccentric dwarf antelope that thrives across the harsh, sun-baked thornscrub of the Horn of Africa and northern Kenya. Standing barely fifteen inches tall, this delicate desert dweller is...

Candolle’s Brittlestem

Fungi > Agaricales

Candolle’s Brittlestem (Psathyrella candolleana), named in honor of the renowned Swiss botanist Augustin Pyramus de Candolle, is an exceptionally delicate, charming gilled mushroom native to temperate woodlands, lawns, and gardens across the Northern Hemisphere....

Virginia Pine

Plants > Conifers

The Virginia Pine (Pinus virginiana), affectionately known throughout the Appalachians as the Scrub Pine or Jersey Pine, is the hardy, tenacious pioneer conifer of the eastern United States. Thriving where other trees wither—on heavily eroded red clay hillsides, rocky...

Northern Red Oak

Plants > Fagales

The Northern Red Oak (Quercus rubra), proudly celebrated as the ‘Champion Oak’ of eastern North America, is one of the most stately, fast-growing, and economically important hardwood trees on the continent. Renowned for its massive, soaring trunk,...