Momordica is a genus of about 60 species of annual or perennial climbers herbaceous or rarely small shrubs belonging to the family Cucurbitaceae natives of tropical and subtropical Africa and […]
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Spergula
Spergula is a genus of about five plants belonging to the family Caryophyllaceae. Their usual English name is spurrey or spurry. Commonly found in grassland the genus originated in the […]
Dendrochilum
Dendrochilum (commonly abbreviated Ddc. in horticulture) is a genus of epiphytic lithophytic and a few terrestrial flowering plants in the orchid family (Orchidaceae). The name of this genus is derived […]
Thaumastochelidae
The family Thaumastochelidae contains five known species of deep-sea lobsters three in the genus Thaumastocheles and two in the genus Thaumastochelopsis. The fifth species was discovered in the ten–year Census […]
Antilles pinktoe tarantula
The Antilles pinktoe tarantula (Avicularia versicolor) also known as the Martinique Red Tree Spider or the Martinique Pinktoe is native to Guadeloupe and Martinique in the Caribbean Sea but is […]
Orlando (horse)
Orlando (foaled 1841) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse best known for winning the Epsom Derby and as a Leading sire in Great Britain & Ireland.
Hyalella montezuma
Hyalella montezuma is a pelagic amphipod. It lives in Montezuma Well an oasis in central Arizona. It is the only food of the endemic leech Motobdella montezuma.
Tsuga caroliniana
Tsuga caroliniana (Carolina hemlock) is a species of Tsuga native to the Appalachian Mountains in southwest Virginia western North Carolina extreme northeast Georgia northwest South Carolina and eastern Tennessee. Its […]
Osmunda regalis
Osmunda regalis the royal fern is a species of deciduous fern native to Europe Africa and Asia growing in woodland bogs and on the banks of streams. The species is […]
Greenbottle blue tarantula
The Greenbottle Blue Tarantula (Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens) a native of the Paraguaná peninsula Venezuela has some of the most dramatic coloring of any spider species. Adult greenbottles have metallic blue legs […]