Let’s see. I didn’t see any movies, I barely read a (nontext-)book, I don’t watch tv, but I ran into some cool life-y stuff in 2017:

Best slime mold: Wolf’s milk slime
Best fungus: Coral fungus
Best mycoherterophyte: Ghost pipe
Best lichen: Peltigera sp.
Best bryophyte: Liverwort sp.
Best plant: Tiny orchids by the trail
Best insect: Caddis fly larvae coccoons
Best spider: Mama Wolf spider with spiderlings.
Best mammal: Black bear IN the trail 👀 eating...
Best nibble: Blue huckleberries