Fish > Chlamydoselachids & Hexanchiformes
The Frilled Shark (Chlamydoselachus anguineus), celebrated across paleontology and ichthyology as one of the most remarkable ‘living fossils’ on planet Earth, is an ancient, primitive deep-sea elasmobranch belonging to the order Hexanchiformes. Tracing an...
Birds > Gaviids & Gaviiformes
The Common Loon (Gavia immer), celebrated across North American wilderness lore as the undisputed acoustic voice of the northern wild, is a large, primitive aquatic diving bird belonging to the ancient avian order Gaviiformes. Renowned for its striking breeding...
Birds > Phasianids & Galliformes
The Indian Peafowl (Pavo cristatus), celebrated worldwide as the national bird of India and one of the most visually spectacular avian species on Earth, is a large, terrestrial pheasants belonging to the family Phasianidae. Native to the deciduous forests and river...
Fungi > Amanitaceae & Agaricales
The Destroying Angel (Amanita bisporigera, along with close sibling species Amanita ocreata and Amanita virosa) is an ethereal, pristine, and lethally poisonous agaric mushroom belonging to the family Amanitaceae, native to the temperate hardwood and mixed forests of...
Fungi > Truffles & Ascomycetes
The Black Truffle (Tuber melanosporum), celebrated across international gastronomy and culinary lore as the ‘black diamond of Provence’ (diamant noir), is an exquisite, subterranean ectomycorrhizal ascomycete fungus belonging to the truffle family...
