Yew

Image: j4mie

The tree that ensures all else shall die!

Slow Life - Nebulae of Flesh

Good ol' Daniel Stoupin has done it again!

Skeletons of the Sea

Yeah... so these are definitely my favourite crustaceans in all the world, ever.

Noble Sea Pen

Image: riandreu
Pinna nobilis

Forget blood from a stone. Try silk from a tooth...

The Pink (K)night

Image: NOAA Okeanos Explorer Program, INDEX-SATAL 2010

George Matheson is a humble government clerk in a Russian novel by day. By night, he dons his translucent cape, beautifies his feeding tentacles and becomes...

The Pink (K)night

[of Darkness (it's a pun)]

Moon Image: John Spade, I changed it a little

.....

I guess I should say that George Matheson is some kind of deep sea Sea Cucumber. We've already seen Enypniastes, but I'm thinking this might be a different genus. At least some part of the Pink (K)night's secret identity is safe. For now.

Spectacled Lizard

Image: Esteban Alzate
Bachia bicolor

Here we go again! The tempestuous, on-again-off-again relationship between lizards and their own legs continues. What a saga!

Turbellarian Flatworm

Image: Richard Ling

Flatworms! They're flat worms. So they're Flatworms!

Proof at last that biology isn't all "deoxyribonucleic acid" and "atrichous izorhiza"!

Paradoxical Frog

Image: Wikipedia
Pseudis paradoxa

It's the amazing, shrinking frog!

Ensign Wasp

Image: Muhammad Mahdi Karim

Uh oh... someone's been playing around with the shrink ray.

Pygmy Pipehorse

Image: Steve Childs

Look! It's a DRAGON!

Anthuriums of Anguish

Image: Reinaldo Aguilar

For many, the word Anthurium means just one plant: the Flamingo Flower. It's one of the most popular tropical plants in the world; add a Heliconia and a palm leaf and you're instantly teleported to the Caribbean. That's just science.

Carnivorous Land Snail

Image: Kathrin & Stefan Marks

There's something amiss in New Zealand...

Lined Leaf-tail Gecko

Image: David d'O
Uroplatus lineatus

I'm no carpenter, but this looks like a fine piece of wood. Just perfect for carving a little model aeroplane or a few hundred thousand toothpicks.