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Specimen Showcase | Real Life Zombie
Zombies have gained a lot of popularity in the past years. Fortunately for us, zombies remain limited to our screens and the imagination...


Specimen Showcase | 🌳 Burry Good | The Chinese Chestnut
𝘊𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘦𝘢 𝘮𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘮𝘢 Blume is a plant belonging to the Fagaceae family, known to have adult trees reaching up to 18 m,...


Specimen Showcase | Deadly Pool Party
The tropical or common swamp pitcher-plant, 𝘕𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴 𝘮𝘪𝘳𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘴, is a species of carnivorous plant widespread...


Specimen Showcase|Fruity without a Floral Affair: Ginkgo biloba
𝘎𝘪𝘯𝘬𝘨𝘰 𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘰𝘣𝘢 (Linnaeus, 1771), commonly known as the ginkgo or maidenhair tree , is a remarkable species belonging to an...


Specimen Showcase | Marine Cactus Saying No ❌?
Corals are one of the most intriguing and misunderstood marine organisms in the world. Some people may think they are rocks, some think...


Specimen Showcase | Survival of the Swiftest
Deep beneath the waves of the vast ocean, an extraordinary creature dwells. Roaming freely with its elongated body and majestic...


Specimen Showcase | Cute Ears in the Sea
The sea creature, 𝘈𝘱𝘭𝘺𝘴𝘪𝘢 𝘫𝘶𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘢 (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832), commonly known as the walking sea hare, has a rather unusual...


Specimen Showcase|Shell Shocked: The Fascinating World of 𝘑𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘢 𝘨𝘭𝘰𝘣𝘰𝘴𝘢
𝘑𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘢 𝘨𝘭𝘰𝘣𝘰𝘴𝘢 Swainson, 1822, commonly known as the violet snail💜, is a remarkable marine gastropod belonging to the...


Specimen Showcase|Sharp Tongue and Eyes
The Japanese common chiton, 𝘓𝘪𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘩𝘶𝘳𝘢 𝘫𝘢𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘢 Lischke, 1873, is found in the oceans worldwide, from rocky shores to...

Specimen Showcase | The Shimmering Jewel of the Deep 💎
Beneath the rolling waves of the Atlantic and the serene waters of the Mediterranean Sea🌊, a curious species thrives in the sandy or...

Specimen Showcase | 👀 The Many-eyed Giant
Few species go through hundreds of millions of years without important body plan changes. Today’s species, the huge, fossil-looking...

Specimen Showcase | The Goose and the Sea
Did you notice all the white spots sticking out from boat surfaces and sea walls at harbors? Those are animals known as barnacles. They...


Specimen Showcase | The Misunderstood Gold Dust WeEVIL
Beetles (order Coleoptera) are the most diverse organisms on Earth (besides maybe for microorganisms), with one in every five known...


Specimen Showcase|The Majestic “Devil”
Some organisms get an unfair reputation, in particular within groups like insects. The beetle 𝘖𝘤𝘺𝘱𝘶𝘴 𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘴 (O.F.Müller, 1764)...


Specimen Showcase | Amphibious Warriors
In the 1960s and 70s, there was a common insect found under street lamps and drains of Hong Kong, and sold by many street vendors as...


Specimen Showcase|From a Worm to a Knight
Have you ever heard a hissing sound in the wild when dusk falls, or witnessed a dark-coloured, slowly crawling shadow resting on a tree...


Specimen Showcase | Natural Born Killer
When it comes to flies, many of us immediately associate them, often wrongly, with annoyance and diseases. However, not all flies fit...


Specimen Showcase|🦟 Small but Bitey
There are over 6000 species of biting midge, small flies in the family Ceratopogonidae (Newman, 1834) - more than all mammal species -...

Specimen Showcase|The Black-and-scarlet Singer
Nature is full of sounds, especially during the hot season. Some, however, are more distinct to our ears and you are probably familiar...

Specimen Showcase | The Unwanted Roommates
You may have noticed bedbugs have made the news as of late with terms like “infestation” “outbreak” or “out-of-control” regularly in the...
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