Birds > Pteroclids & Pterocliformes
The Namaqua Sandgrouse (Pterocles namaqua) is an extraordinary, desert-adapted ground bird belonging to the family Pteroclidae, celebrated across the hyper-arid expanses of the Namib Desert and Kalahari Basin for its astonishing physiological and parental innovations....
Birds > Momotids & Coraciiformes
The Turquoise-browed Motmot (Eumomota superciliosa), locally revered across Central America as the Torogoz or Guardabarranco and celebrated as the national bird of both El Salvador and Nicaragua, is a spectacularly plumaged avian species within the family Momotidae....
Fungi > Geastraceae & Geastrales
The Collared Earthstar (Geastrum triplex), universally celebrated across international mycology as the largest and most magnificent earthstar fungus on Earth, is an extraordinary, architecturally stunning saprotrophic basidiomycete belonging to the earthstar family...
Fungi > Agaricaceae & Agaricales
The Bird’s Nest Fungus (Crucibulum laeve), universally celebrated across mycological biomechanics for possessing one of the most astonishing spore-dispersal systems on Earth, is a petite, highly specialized saprotrophic basidiomycete fungus belonging to the...
Invertebrates > Ovulids & Littorinimorpha
The Flamingo Tongue Snail (Cyphoma gibbosum) is an enchanting, jewel-like marine gastropod mollusk belonging to the false cowrie family Ovulidae. Indigenous to the crystal-clear tropical waters and wave-swept coral reefs of the Caribbean Sea, the Bahamas, and the...
