Fish > Liparidae & Snailfishes
Belyaev’s Snailfish (Pseudoliparis belyaevi) represents one of the ultimate biological miracles of adaptation on planet Earth, holding the record for the deepest-swimming fish ever observed by humankind. Thriving thousands of meters beneath the reach of sunlight...
Fungi > Geastraceae & Earthstars
The British Earthstar (Geastrum britannicum) is one of the most remarkable, sculpted, and recently documented fungal discoveries of the 21st century. Officially identified and described by British mycologists in 2015 from specimens discovered in Norfolk, England, this...
Plants > Orchidaceae & Orchids
The Monkey Orchid (Dracula simia) is universally celebrated as one of the most delightful, extraordinary, and uncanny evolutionary spectacles in the botanical kingdom. Endemic strictly to the cloud-draped mountain rainforests of southeastern Ecuador and northern Peru,...
Fungi > Physalacriaceae & Agaricales
The Giant Macrocybe (Macrocybe titans) is one of the most colossal gilled mushrooms found anywhere on planet Earth. Native across the subtropical and tropical regions of the Americas, this gargantuan basidiomycete produces jaw-dropping fruiting bodies with caps that...
Invertebrates > Pseudocerotidae & Polyclad Flatworms
Hancock’s Flatworm (Pseudobiceros hancockanus) is one of the largest and most spectacular marine polyclad flatworms gliding across the coral reefs of the Indo-Pacific. Featuring a velvety jet-black body strikingly trimmed with concentric bands of neon orange and...
