Invertebrates > Poritidae & Stony Corals
The Flowerpot Coral (Goniopora stokesi), also commonly known as the ‘daisy coral’ or ‘ball coral,’ is one of the most distinctive and captivating reef-building stony corals of the Indo-Pacific. Unlike most scleractinian hard corals that extend...
Fungi > Pezizaceae & Crown Cups
The Crown Fungus (Sarcosphaera coronaria), also known among mycologists as the violet crown cup or pink crown, is a striking, hypogeous-emergent ascomycete fungus native to the coniferous forests of Europe and North America. Beginning its development entirely...
Birds > Broadbills & Eurylaimides
Hose’s Broadbill (Calyptomena hosii) is an incandescent, jewel-like suboscine passerine endemic strictly to the rugged central highlands of Borneo. Named in honor of colonial naturalist Charles Hose, this secretive frugivore combines vivid electric-cyan and...
Mammals > Cervidae & Even-toed Ungulates
The Tufted Deer (Elaphodus cephalophus) is an elusive, solitary ungulate native to the mist-shrouded, high-elevation montane forests of central and southwestern China. Characterized by a prominent tuft of dark, bristly hair standing up to four inches high on its...
