Lifeforms

Flying Spaghetti Monster

Bathyphysa conifera

A colonial organism! And a fantastic name

cryptids

Archaeopteryx

dinosaurs

Hatzegopteryx

dinosaurs

Luna moth

Actias luna

insects

Golden Tortoise Beetles

Charidotella sexpunctata

insects

Zinnia

Zinnia elegans

plants

Gladiolus

plants

Amaryllis

plants

Pando

Populus tremuloides

Lit. 'I spread', the largest living organism

plants

Sea grape

Valonia ventricosa

One of the largest unicellular organisms

cryptids

Manchineel

Hippomane mancinella

One of the most toxic trees in the world.

plants

Broken Tulips

The tulip break virus caused these patterns, highly sought after in the 17th century Dutch tulip mania

plants

Edelweiss

Leontopodium nivale

plants

Spoon-winged lacefly

Nemoptera sinuata

animals

Margay

Leopardus wiedii

animals

Canada lynx

Lynx canadensis

animals

Sea butterfly

Thecosomata

animals

Giant Oarfish

Regalecus glesne

WAY bigger than you think

animals

Vampire squid

Vampyroteuthis infernalis

Lit 'vampire sea-thing from hell'

animals

Rabbit fish

Chimaera monstrosa

animals

Four-eyed fish

Anableps

A genus which can see above and below water simultaneously

animals

Peacock mantis shrimp

Odontodactylus scyllarus

Not a peacock, a mantis, or a shrimp. They can distinguish circuarly polarized light!

animals

Rusty-spotted cat

Prionailurus rubiginosus

animals

Comet

Calloplesiops altivelis

Edge detection heuristics hate this one weird fish

animals

Emperor Tamarin

Saguinus imperator

He's holding court, can't you see

animals

Pink Fairy Armadillo

Chlamyphorus truncatus

Chappell's new song

animals

Pumpkin Toadlet

Brachycephalus ephippium

Tiny and toxic

animals

Rose-Veiled Fairy Wrasse

Cirrhilabrus finifenmaa

animals

Least Weasel

Mustela nivalis

What a thing to call a sleek critter

animals

Cosmic Jellyfish

Rhopalonematid trachymedusa

I mean, come on

animals

Stubby Squid

Rossia pacifica

animals

Flying Gurnard

Dactylopterus volitans

The species name means literally 'finger-winged flyer

animals

Yellow boxfish

Ostracion cubicum

Rarely do you see a better-named beast

animals

Strawberry Squid

Histioteuthis heteropsis

animals

Fennec Fox

Vulpes zerda

A desert fox, the smallest fox.

animals

Tibetan Mastiff

boof

animals

(Ophio)Cordyceps

Ophiocordyceps unilateralis

Laser-sharp evolution to infiltrate nervous systems.

fungi

Amethyst starling

Cinnyricinclus leucogaster

birds

Pennant-winged nightjar

Caprimulgus vexillarius

birds

Sword-Billed Hummingbird

Ensifera ensifera

Why's it so long

birds

Black-backed Dwarf Kingfisher

Ceyx erithaca

birds

Great-eared nightjar

Lyncornis macrotis

birds

Peregrine Falcon

Falco peregrinus

nyoom

birds

Kingfisher

Alcedo atthis

birds

Rainbow tripod fish

Bathypterois grallator

Imaged is the young

cryptids

Wiwaxia

Wiwaxia corrugata

Extinct, unfortunately

cryptids dinosaurs

Harp Sponge

Chondrocladia lyra

It's carnivorous

cryptids

Firework Jellyfish

Halitrephes maasi

cryptids

Scaly-foot Gastropod (sea pangolin)

Chrysomallon squamiferum

Hydrothermal vent snail with iron! shell!

cryptids

Mexican Mole Lizard

Bipes biporus

look at its little arms

cryptids

Great Potoo

Nyctibius grandis

those eyes

cryptids

Bigfin Squid

Magnapinna pacifica

aaaaah! spindly!

cryptids