Deep-sea Crimson Medusa

Invertebrates > Rhopalonematidae & Trachymedusae

The Deep-sea Crimson Medusa (Crossota norvegica) is an ethereal and dazzling hydrozoan jellyfish that drifts through the crushing, frigid darkness of the deep oceanic abyss. Found at depths exceeding several thousand meters throughout the Arctic Ocean and northern...

Electric Flame Scallop

Invertebrates > Mollusks

The Electric Flame Scallop (Ctenoides ales), famously known in marine biology as the ‘disco clam,’ is one of the most visually mesmerizing bivalve mollusks in the global ocean. Nestled deep inside shaded coral reef cavities throughout the tropical...

Emperor Flat Lizard

Reptiles > Cordylidae & Flat Lizards

The Emperor Flat Lizard (Platysaurus imperator) is the undisputed giant and visual monarch among Africa’s rock-dwelling cordylid lizards. Inhabiting ancient granite inselbergs and rocky kopjes scattered across eastern Zimbabwe and Mozambique, this brilliantly...

Moran Butterwort

Plants > Lentibulariaceae & Butterworts

The Moran Butterwort (Pinguicula moranensis) is one of the most exquisite, biologically adaptable, and horticulturally celebrated carnivorous plants native to the rugged mountain cordilleras of Mexico and Guatemala. Perched precariously on vertical limestone bluffs...

Hydrothermal Vent Shrimp

Invertebrates > Alvinocarididae & Vent Shrimps

The Hydrothermal Vent Shrimp (Rimicaris exoculata) is one of the most remarkable extremophile animals discovered in the deep sea, colonizing the superheated mineral chimneys of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Swarming by the tens of thousands in total darkness along the steep...