Birds > Spheniscids & Sphenisciformes
The Southern Rockhopper Penguin (Eudyptes chrysocome), famously celebrated for its fearless attitude and unorthodox locomotion across vertical coastal terrain, is a compact, feisty crested penguin belonging to the family Spheniscidae. Inhabiting the wind-battered,...
Mammals > Trichechids & Sirenians
The West Indian Manatee (Trichechus manatus), affectionately celebrated across maritime lore as the gentle ‘sea cow’ whose rounded, buoyant silhouette inspired ancient sailor legends of mermaids, is a colossal, fully aquatic herbivorous mammal belonging to...
Fish > Anarhichadids & Perciformes
The Atlantic Wolffish (Anarhichas lupus), famously known as the seawolf or ocean catfish, is a formidable, bottom-dwelling marine teleost belonging to the wolffish family Anarhichadidae. Inhabiting the icy, sunless seafloors and rocky labyrinth reefs of the North...
Fungi > Ophiocordycipitaceae & Hypocreales
The Caterpillar Fungus (Ophiocordyceps sinensis), known natively in Tibetan as ‘yartsa gunbu’ (‘summer grass, winter worm’) and celebrated in Traditional Chinese Medicine as ‘dong chong xia cao’, is an extraordinary entomopathogenic...
Mammals > Giraffids & Artiodactyls
The Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis), celebrated worldwide as the tallest living terrestrial animal on planet Earth, is a colossal artiodactyl megaherbivore belonging to the family Giraffidae. Native to the expansive savanna woodlands and acacia plains of sub-Saharan...
