Tasmanian Giant Freshwater Crayfish

Invertebrates > Crayfish

The Tasmanian Giant Freshwater Crayfish (Astacopsis gouldi), locally known as the ‘Tayatea,’ holds the undisputed title of the largest freshwater invertebrate and the heaviest freshwater crustacean on Earth. Growing up to 80 centimeters in length and...

Wallace’s Giant Bee

Invertebrates > Bees

Wallace’s Giant Bee (Megachile pluto), celebrated as the largest bee species on planet Earth, is an awe-inspiring, mythical giant of the insect world. First discovered in 1859 by legendary British naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace on the remote Indonesian island...

Rosy Boa

Reptiles > Boas

The Round Island Boa (Casarea dussumieri), also known as the Round Island keel-scaled boa, is an extraordinary, evolutionarily unique serpent found nowhere else on Earth except on a tiny uninhabited volcanic island off the coast of Mauritius. It is the sole surviving...

Mekong Snail-eating Turtle

Reptiles > Turtles & Tortoises

The Mekong Snail-eating Turtle (Malayemys subtrijuga) is a highly specialized, durophagous freshwater turtle native to the fertile river valleys and flooded agricultural lowlands of the lower Mekong River basin. Belonging to the family Geoemydidae, this distinctive...

Pineapple Sea Cucumber

Invertebrates > Echinoderms

The Pineapple Sea Cucumber (Thelenota ananas), universally celebrated across the Indo-Pacific as the prickly redfish, giant teatfish, or sea pineapple, is a colossal, visually extraordinary marine holothurian belonging to the sea cucumber family Stichopodidae....