Fish > Bony Fishes
The Common Dragonet (Callionymus lyra) is a remarkable, bottom-dwelling marine teleost renowned for displaying one of the most extreme cases of sexual dimorphism and vibrant nuptial coloration among North Atlantic fishes. Inhabiting sandy and gravelly continental...
Mammals > Carnivorans
The Grey Seal (Halichoerus grypus), also widely celebrated across the British Isles and Scandinavia as the Atlantic seal or horse-head seal, is a large, imposing phocid marine carnivore native to the cold, turbulent coastal waters of the North Atlantic Ocean and the...
Reptiles > Snakes
Wagler’s Pit Viper (Tropidolaemus wagleri), universally revered throughout Southeast Asia as the ‘Temple Viper,’ is one of the most culturally iconic and visually breathtaking arboreal venomous snakes on Earth. Inhabiting the humid lowland...
Invertebrates > Insects
The Io Moth (Automeris io) is one of the most spectacularly patterned, dramatic, and famous giant silkmoths in North America, belonging to the family Saturniidae. Named after the mythical Greek maiden Io, this magnificent moth is celebrated for the colossal, hypnotic,...
Mammals > Primates
The Proboscis Monkey (Nasalis larvatus), recognized locally in Indonesia as ‘Bekantan,’ is an extraordinary and bizarre Old World monkey endemic exclusively to the tropical island of Borneo. Belonging to the specialized folivorous subfamily Colobinae, this...
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