Fungi > Chorioactidaceae & Pezizales
The Devil’s Cigar (Chorioactis geaster), celebrated across international mycology as one of the rarest, strangest, and most biogeographically baffling fungi on planet Earth, is an extraordinary ascomycete fungus belonging to the monotypic family...
Invertebrates > Formicids & Hymenoptera
The Leafcutter Ant (Atta cephalotes), celebrated across sociobiology and entomology as one of nature’s original and most sophisticated agriculturalists, is a colonial eusocial insect belonging to the ant family Formicidae. Indigenous to the vibrant tropical...
Reptiles > Agamids & Squamates
The Common Flying Dragon (Draco volans), celebrated across herpetology as one of the most visually spectacular gliding reptiles on Earth, is a small, arboreal agamid lizard belonging to the dragon lizard family Agamidae. Indigenous to the lush tropical rainforest...
Amphibians > Salamandrids & Caudata
The Rough-Skinned Newt (Taricha granulosa), celebrated across evolutionary biology as a premier textbook example of coevolutionary arms races, is a common semi-aquatic salamander belonging to the family Salamandridae. Indigenous to the cool, rain-soaked temperate...
Fungi > Phallaceae & Phallales
The Latticed Stinkhorn (Clathrus ruber), commonly known as the red cage or basket stinkhorn and celebrated across mycology as one of the most architectural and visually striking fungi in the world, is an extraordinary gasteroid mushroom belonging to the stinkhorn...
