Southern Magnolia

Plants > Magnoliales

The Southern Magnolia (Magnolia grandiflora), celebrated across the globe as the Bull Bay or Southern Queen, is the quintessential, fragrant matriarch of the American South and one of the most beloved, stately evergreen flowering trees in the world. Renowned for its...

Pitch Pine

Plants > Conifers

The Pitch Pine (Pinus rigida) is the rugged, fire-forged survivor of eastern North America and the cornerstone ecological anchor of the world-famous New Jersey Pine Barrens. Renowned for its gnarled, twisted branches, deeply furrowed blackish bark, and wood so heavily...

Jonah Crab

Invertebrates > Crustaceans

The Jonah Crab (Cancer borealis), celebrated across New England as the heavy-clawed titan of cold northern waters, is one of the most commercially valuable and ecologically important crustaceans in the Northwest Atlantic. Closely related to the Pacific Dungeness crab,...

Atlantic Sea Scallop

Invertebrates > Bivalves

The Atlantic Sea Scallop (Placopecten magellanicus), celebrated across New England and the Mid-Atlantic as the giant saucer of the continental shelf, is one of the most economically valuable, ecologically vital, and biologically fascinating marine bivalves on Earth....

Red-bellied Newt

Amphibians > Salamanders

The Red-bellied Newt (Taricha rivularis) is the intensely colored, toxic jewel of northern California’s ancient coastal redwood forests. Confined exclusively to a tiny geographic strip of foggy redwood canyons north of San Francisco, this handsome salamander is...