Birds > Apodiformes
Bates’s Swift (Apus batesi) is an enigmatic and little-known aerial insectivore belonging to the family Apodidae, inhabiting the dense canopy of Central and West Africa’s primary rainforests. Named in honor of American naturalist George Latimer Bates, this...
Birds > Passeriformes
The Vogelkop Superb Bird-of-Paradise (Lophorina niedda) is one of the most mesmerizing avian wonders on Earth. Elevated to full species status in 2018 after meticulous field observations in the misty mountain ranges of West Papua, Indonesia, it is famous for having...
Fish > Carangiformes
The Pompano Dolphinfish (Coryphaena equiselis), often called the little dolphin or pompano mahi-mahi, is a swift, surface-dwelling pelagic predator found across the world’s tropical and warm-temperate oceans. Smaller and more oceanic in distribution than its...
Amphibians > Frogs
Richards’ Narrow-Mouthed Frog (Hylophorbus richardsi) is an endemic asterophryine microhylid amphibian inhabiting the mist-drenched mountain ridges of Papua New Guinea. Described by herpetologists in 2009 during exploratory surveys of the Papuan Central...
Invertebrates > Beetles
The White Ghost Beetle (Cyphochilus insulanus) is a remarkable scarabaeid beetle native to the dense tropical forests of Southeast Asia. Renowned among physicists and biologists alike, this insect boasts one of the brightest and most optically pure white exoskeletons...
