World of wonders: in praise of fireflies, whale sharks, and other astonishments

Catalpa tree

Firefly

Peacock

Comb jelly

Touch-me-nots

Cactus Wren

Narwhal

Axolotl

Dancing frog

Vampire squid

Monsoon

Corpse flower

Bonnet macaque

Calendars Poetica

Whale shark

Potoo

Cara Cara orange

Octopus

Grey cockatiel

Dragon fruit

Flamingo

Ribbon eel

Questions while searching for birds with my half-white sons, aged six and nine, National Audubon Bird Count Day, Oxford, MS

Superb Bird of Paradise

Red-spotted newt

Southern Cassowary

Monarch butterfly

Firefly (redux).