Henry Edwards (entomologist)

Henry Edwards was an English stage actor, writer and entomologist. He gained fame in Australia, San Francisco and New York ...
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Charles Darwin

Charles Robert Darwin (12 February 1809 – 19 April 1882) was an English naturalist, geologist and biologist, best known for his ...
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Edward Drinker Cope

Edward Drinker Cope was an American paleontologist and comparative anatomist. He was a founder of the Neo-Lamarckism school of thought. ...
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Mary Anning

Mary Anning was an English fossil collector, dealer, and palaeontologist. She became known around the world for finds she made ...
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Thopha saccata

Thopha saccata, commonly known as the double drummer, is the largest Australian species of cicada. Its common name comes from ...
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Starfish

What Are Starfish and Why Should You Care? Imagine a creature that can walk like a spider, eat like a ...
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Redback spider

The redback spider is a member of the genus Latrodectus, the widow spiders. It lives in an untidy web in ...
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Onychopterella

OnyChopterella was a small euryopterid that lived in the Late Ordovician. It had spines on the second to fourth pair ...
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Octopus

The octopus is a soft-bodied, eight-limbed mollusc of the order Octopoda. Around 300 species are recognised, and the order is ...
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Nothomyrmecia

Nothomyrmecia macrops is a rare genus of ants living in South Australia. It has been described as ‘prominent and effective ...
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