Cassowaries are ratite birds in the genus Casuarius, a member of the family Casuariidae. They inhabit tropical forest environments in…
The titan acorn barnacle (Megabalanus coccopoma) is a species of large barnacle in the family Balanidae. It lives on Pacific…
The blue-and-yellow macaw (Ara ararauna) is a species of large parrot in the holotropical parrot family, Psittacidae. They are native…
The poor man’s umbrella (Gunnera insignis) is a species of flowering herb in the family Gunneraceae. Its genus, Gunnera, is…
The kapok (Ceiba pentandra), also called the silk-cotton tree or samauma, is a species of tree in the family Malvaceae…
The common thistle (Cirsium vulgare), also called the spear or bull thistle, is a species of flowering plant in the…
The Venus flytrap (Dionaea muscipula) is a species of carnivorous plant in the family Droseraceae, closely related to the waterwheel…
The corpse flower (Amorphophallus titanum), also called the titan arum, is a species of flowering plant in the family Araceae.…
Orchids are flowering plants in the family Orchidaceae. There are currently 763 known genera which collectively include close to 28,000…
Mackerels are a variety of marine fish species, most of which are in the family Scombridae (which also includes the…
Apple trees (Malus domestica) are flowering, fruit-bearing hardwood trees in the rose family, Rosaceae. They are domesticated for the edible…
Bees are winged hymenopteran insects in the clade Anthophila. While around ninety percent are solitary animals, the remainder are well-known…
The white beech (Gmelina leichhardtii), also called the gray teak, is a species of tree in the family Lamiaceae. It…
The red fox (Vulpes vulpes) is a carnivoran mammal in the family Canidae, and is the largest and most widespread…
Spinach (Spinacea oleracea) is a flowering plant in the family Amaranthaceae. Originally native to central and west Asia, it is…
Land snails are terrestrial gastropod mollusks which are capable of breathing air. At least ten different lineages of snails have…
Blue-tongued skinks are medium-sized lizards in the genus Tiliqua. They are indigenous to Australasia; most species are found on the…
Crickets are orthopteran insects in the superfamily Grylloidea. Many are known for producing a chirping sound, technically a type of…
The domestic canary (Serinus canaria forma domestica) is a domesticated form of the canary, a bird in the finch family…
The Indian rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis), also called the greater one-horned rhinoceros, is a species of perissodactyl mammal in the rhinoceros…