Florida Stone Crab

Invertebrates > Crustaceans

The Florida Stone Crab (Menippe mercenaria), celebrated across the Gulf Coast as the heavyweight titan of the crustacean world, is one of the most economically prized, physically powerful, and uniquely harvested marine invertebrates on Earth. Renowned for its...

Yellow-bellied Slider

Reptiles > Turtles and Tortoises

The Yellow-bellied Slider (Trachemys scripta scripta) is the sun-worshipping, yellow-splashed sovereign of the American Southeast’s cypress swamps and coastal wetlands. Belonging to the pond turtle family Emydidae, this handsome freshwater turtle is famous for...

Brown Basilisk

Reptiles > Lizards

The Brown Basilisk (Basiliscus vittatus), universally celebrated throughout the Americas as the ‘Jesus Christ Lizard’ or Striped Basilisk, is one of the most athletic and visually astonishing reptiles on Earth. Famous for its seemingly miraculous ability...

Bluefin Trevally

Fish > Carangiformes

The Bluefin Trevally (Caranx melampygus), celebrated across the Pacific as the Bluefin Jack or Omilu, is one of the most stunningly, incandescently colored predatory fish on tropical coral reefs. Possessing explosive swimming acceleration and a fuselage cloaked in...

Red-headed Woodpecker

Birds > Piciformes

The Red-headed Woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus), celebrated across eastern North America as the ‘Flying Checkerboard’, is one of the most vividly patterned, charismatic, and acrobatic birds in the forest canopy. Unlike many woodpeckers whose red...