Fish > Monocentrids & Beryciformes
The Pineconefish (Cleidopus gloriamaris), celebrated across Australian marine biology as the ‘knightfish’ or ‘coat-of-mail fish’ in tribute to its glistening, armor-clad body, is an extraordinary, archaic teleost fish belonging to the family...
Mammals > Myrmecophagids & Pilosa
The Southern Tamandua (Tamandua tetradactyla), commonly known across South America as the lesser anteater or collared anteater, is a medium-sized, highly versatile semi-arboreal xenarthran mammal belonging to the anteater family Myrmecophagidae. Indigenous to the vast...
Mammals > Felids & Carnivorans
The Pallas Cat (Otocolobus manul), affectionately known across Central Asia by its native Mongolian name ‘manul’, is a stocky, extraordinarily expressive small wild felid belonging to the cat family Felidae. Indigenous to the freezing, windswept montane...
Fungi > Tremellaceae & Tremellales
Witches’ Butter (Tremella mesenterica), commonly known as the golden jelly fungus, yellow brain, or yellow trembler, is a visually startling, bright golden-yellow jelly fungus belonging to the family Tremellaceae. Universally distributed throughout the temperate...
Fungi > Hygrophoraceae & Agaricales
The Parrot Waxcap (Gliophorus psittacinus, formerly Hygrocybe psittacina) is an enchanting, jewel-like agaric fungus belonging to the waxcap family Hygrophoraceae. Renowned across international mycology as one of the most vividly colorful and optically chameleonic...
