Hartebeest

Mammals > Even-Toed Ungulates

The Hartebeest (Alcelaphus buselaphus), also celebrated historically across Africa as the kongoni, is a large, distinctive, and remarkably swift alcelaphine bovid native to the sprawling grasslands, open savannas, and bushlands of sub-Saharan Africa. First described...

Northern Elephant Seal

Mammals > Carnivorans

The Northern Elephant Seal (Mirounga angustirostris) is a titanic, highly specialized marine pinniped belonging to the true seal family Phocidae, native to the coastal waters and open expanses of the eastern North Pacific Ocean. Recognized as the second-largest seal...

Brown Rollrim

Fungi > Agarics

The Brown Rollrim (Paxillus involutus), also widely recognized in European mycological history and toxicology as the poison rollrim or naked brimcap, is an imposing, common ectomycorrhizal basidiomycete fungus belonging to the family Paxillaceae. Native to the cool...

Giant Malaysian Leaf Insect

Invertebrates > Insects

The Giant Malaysian Leaf Insect (Phyllium giganteum), also widely known in entomology and natural history museums as the Great Leaf Insect or Giant Walking Leaf, is a colossal, extraordinarily camouflaged orthopteroid insect belonging to the true leaf insect family...

Big Blue Octopus

Invertebrates > Cephalopods

The Big Blue Octopus (Octopus cyanea), also universally celebrated among marine biologists, scuba divers, and underwater photographers as the Day Octopus or Cyane’s Octopus, is a large, extraordinarily intelligent cephalopod belonging to the family Octopodidae....