Mammals > Canids
The Bush Dog (Speothos venaticus) is one of the most enigmatic and elusive carnivores inhabiting the dense lowland rainforests and riverbanks of South America. Possessing a compact, barrel-shaped body, webbed toes, and short legs, this subterranean and semi-aquatic...
Mammals > Carnivorans
The Pantanal Cat (Leopardus braccatus) is a small, elusive wild felid endemic to the vast wetlands and savanna landscapes of central South America. Formerly classified as a subspecies of the colocolo or pampas cat complex, genetic and morphological studies elevated it...
Plants > Piperales
The American Prosopanche (Prosopanche americana) is one of the most astonishing subterranean holoparasitic flora in the Western Hemisphere. Belonging to the ancient family Aristolochiaceae (subfamily Hydnoroideae), this bizarre plant lives its entire vegetative...
Invertebrates > Mantodea
The South American Dead Leaf Mantis (Acanthops falcata) is an astonishing pinnacle of evolutionary masquerade, exhibiting morphological mimicry so complete that it effortlessly deceives both prospective prey and keen-eyed predators. Inhabiting the shadowed lower...
Invertebrates > Ants
Described in 2006, Gracilidris pombero represents a miraculous ‘Lazarus taxon’ discovery in entomology: a living representative of a dolichoderine ant genus previously known only from 15-million-year-old Dominican amber fossils. Named after ‘El...
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