The Paradise Parrot (Psephotus pulcherrimus) was discovered on the Darling Downs of Queensland in 1844 by John Gilbert, assistant to eminent ornithologist John Gould. In love with the bird's...
The bottom-dwelling, jelly-bodied Nudibranch might look like an unlikely canvas for Mother Nature to express her wildest indulgences of color and form. But these...
The Amazon is classified as a “whitewater” river, i.e., it is turbid, yellowish-brown, and very limited in transparency because of the large load of...
The Oriental Rat Snake (Ptyas mucosa) is a medium-sized, active, diurnal snake associated with open habitats, including agricultural systems; much of the diet consists...
Blue-ringed Octopus Species
There are at least ten species of the tiny blue-ringed octopus, which, ironically for their size, are the deadliest of all cephalopods,...