Sycamore Fig

Plants > Deciduous Trees

The Sycamore Fig (Ficus sycomorus), also celebrated throughout world history as the biblical sycamore, fig-mulberry, or Pharaoh’s fig, is a massive, spreading, semi-deciduous keystone tree belonging to the mulberry and fig family Moraceae. Native to the rich...

Red-legged Walking Frog

Amphibians > Frogs & Toads

The Red-legged Walking Frog (Kassina maculata), also celebrated in African herpetology as the vlei frog, spotted running frog, or red-legged kassina, is an exceptionally striking, medium-sized nocturnal anuran belonging to the African reed frog family Hyperoliidae....

Eastern Bearded Dragon

Reptiles > Lizards

The Eastern Bearded Dragon (Pogona barbata), affectionately known across Australia as the common bearded dragon or jew lizard, is a large, iconic, and famously expressive agamid lizard endemic to the woodlands, dry forests, and rural landscapes of eastern Australia....

Black-necked Spitting Cobra

Reptiles > Snakes

The Black-necked Spitting Cobra (Naja nigricollis), widely recognized across sub-Saharan Africa as the zebra cobra or black spitting cobra, is a formidable, highly defensive elapid serpent native to the savannas, scrublands, and agricultural landscapes of Central,...

Mediterranean Moray

Fish > Bony Fishes

The Mediterranean Moray (Muraena helena), celebrated across classical antiquity and marine biology as the Roman moray or murena, is a large, powerful, and culturally legendary marine anguilliform fish belonging to the moray eel family Muraenidae. Indigenous to the...