Reptiles > Lizards
The Quince Monitor (Varanus melinus) is an exceptionally gorgeous, medium-sized varanid lizard endemic to a cluster of small tropical islands in Indonesia’s Moluccan archipelago. First scientifically described in 1997, this radiant reptile captivates wildlife...
Birds > Cranes
The Demoiselle Crane (Anthropoides virgo) is the smallest, most acrobatic, and most celebrated long-distance migrant of the crane family Gruidae. Given its French name ‘demoiselle’ (meaning young lady or maiden) by Queen Marie Antoinette in admiration of...
Mammals > Macropods
The Spectacled Hare-wallaby (Lagorchestes conspicillatus) is a swift, solitary macropod endemic to the sun-scorched spinifex plains and savannah woodlands of northern Australia. Named for the striking, vibrant rings of orange-rufous fur encircling its large dark eyes,...
Mammals > Eulipotyphla
The Eastern Mole (Scalopus aquaticus) is a master engineer of the subterranean wilderness, native to the temperate forests, meadows, and grasslands across eastern and central North America. Despite its misleading specific epithet ‘aquaticus’—bestowed by...
Fungi > Agaricales
The Aborted Entoloma (Entoloma abortivum), widely known among wild mushroom foragers by the culinary moniker ‘Shrimp of the Woods,’ is an extraordinary dual-morphology macrofungus native to the deciduous forests of eastern North America and East Asia....
