Amphibians > Alytids & Anura
The Common Midwife Toad (Alytes obstetricans), celebrated across European natural history and ethology for one of the most dedicated male parental care strategies in the animal kingdom, is a small, terrestrial frog belonging to the ancient disc-tongued family...
Amphibians > Dendrobatids & Anura
The Strawberry Poison Frog (Oophaga pumilio), celebrated across evolutionary biology and herpetology as the iconic ‘blue-jeans frog’ of Central America, is a diminutive, vibrantly colored poison dart frog belonging to the family Dendrobatidae. Indigenous...
Fish > Stomiids & Stomiiformes
Sloane’s Viperfish (Chauliodus sloani), celebrated across deep-sea marine biology as the quintessential nightmare predator of the oceanic abyss, is a terrifying dragonfish belonging to the family Stomiidae. Inhabiting the perpetual, freezing darkness of the deep...
Fish > Tetraodontids & Tetraodontiformes
The White-Spotted Pufferfish (Torquigener albomaculosus), celebrated across ethology and marine science as nature’s greatest underwater architect, is a small, brownish-white pufferfish belonging to the family Tetraodontidae. Discovered by oceanographers in 2014...
Birds > Pelecanids & Pelecaniformes
The Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis), celebrated across marine ornithology as an extraordinary symbol of wildlife recovery, is a distinctive, large coastal seabird belonging to the pelican family Pelecanidae. Patrolling the warm coastal waters, sandy beaches,...
