March 2021 Brain Coral By Stephanie Boyd Most structures that we call "coral" are, in fact, made up of hundreds to thousands of tiny animals called polyps.... Read More
February 2021 Cattle Egret By Stephanie Boyd The cattle egret, Bubulcus ibis, is a cosmopolitan species of the heron family found in the tropics, subtropics, and warm... Read More
January 2021 Texas Diamondback Terrapin By Stephanie Boyd Diamondback terrapins are the only land turtles in North America that inhabit the brackish waters of estuaries, tidal creeks, and... Read More
December 2020 Wilson’s Snipe By Stephanie Boyd Though the long tradition of snipe hunt pranks has convinced many people otherwise, snipes are, in fact, real – but... Read More
November 2020 Vampire Squid By Stephanie Boyd In 1925, on a survey expedition near Panama for the New York Zoological Society, William Beebe’s crew hauled in “a... Read More
October 2020 Marine Fungi By Stephanie Boyd There are mushrooms living in the sea! Well technically, a mushroom is the fruiting body of specific species of fungi,... Read More
September 2020 Wahoo By Stephanie Boyd The wahoo is a large, predatory mackerel that lives in tropical and subtropical oceans around the world. Reaching up to... Read More
August 2020 Giant Isopod By Stephanie Boyd Giant isopods are the largest known member of the isopod family, a group of crustaceans that are closely related to... Read More
July 2020 No Forks Needed By Stephanie Boyd The roseate spoonbill is one of six species of spoonbills in the world, but is the only one found in... Read More
June 2020 Squirrelfish By Stephanie Boyd Squirrelfish (Holocentrus adscensionis) have compressed ‘perch-like’ bodies and large ‘squirrel-like’ eyes with red irises. They are typically reddish-pink with a... Read More