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Himalayan Tahr (Hemitragus jemlahicus), Sagarmatha National Park, Nepal The Himalayan Tahr is a large ungulate related to the wild goat. Its native habitat is in the rugged wooded hills and mountain slopes of the Himalaya in Nepal from Central Asia in northern Kashmir to China. Including t...

By Peter Prokosch

Bar-tailed Godwits (Limosa lapponica) and other shorebirds, former Saemangeum flats, South Korea Shorebirds, which raise millions of offspring during a very short breeding season in the Arctic tundra, are an excellent example of a highly specialized migratory species. Among them is the Bar-tailed Godwit, which makes...

By Ju Yung Ki

Black and Yellow Garden Spider (Argiope australis), female, Silvermine, Table Mountain National Park, SA The Black and Yellow Garden Spider (Argiope australis) is a common spider found in in the fynbos and is a member of the orb-web group of spiders. The larger female has a yellow and black scalloped abdomen. These spider...

By Peter Prokosch

Bark spider (Caerostris spec.), Silvermine, Table Mountain National Park, SA Caerostris (bark spiders) Bark spiders are nocturnal orb-web spiders that construct a large orb web, up to 1.5 metres, stretching from one tree to the next. The abdomen is cryptically coloured and adorned with numerous ...

By Peter Prokosch

Red-legged Golden Orb-Web Spider (Nephila inaurata), Madagascar the Red-legged Golden Orb-Web Spider (Nephila inaurata), lives in South Africa, Madagascar and other islands in the Indian Ocean. Like other members of the golden-orb spiders it can weave webs so strong that sometimes ev...

By Peter Prokosch

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