Shortnose Sucker

Fish > Suckerfishes & Loaches

The Shortnose Sucker (Chasmistes brevirostris) is an imperiled, long-lived freshwater fish endemic to the Upper Klamath River Basin of southern Oregon and northern California. Known to the indigenous Klamath and Modoc peoples as ‘c’waam’, this...

Red-bellied Newt

Amphibians > Salamanders

The Red-bellied Newt (Taricha rivularis) is the intensely colored, toxic jewel of northern California’s ancient coastal redwood forests. Confined exclusively to a tiny geographic strip of foggy redwood canyons north of San Francisco, this handsome salamander is...

Queen Bolete

Fungi > Boletales

The Queen Bolete (Boletus regineus), celebrated across the Pacific coast and American Southwest as the regal monarch of the porcini family, is one of the most prized, succulent, and majestic wild edible mushrooms in North America. Formerly considered a regional...

Spanish Shawl

Invertebrates > Mollusks

The Spanish Shawl (Flabellina iodinea, also recognized as Coryphella iodinea), is universally celebrated among marine biologists, underwater photographers, and coastal divers as one of the most vividly, incandescently colored marine animals on Earth. Inhabiting the...

Delhi Sands Flower-loving Fly

Invertebrates > Insects

The Delhi Sands Flower-loving Fly (Rhaphiomidas terminatus abdominalis) is a magnificent, charismatic, and historic insect in American environmental history. Looking and behaving like a miniature golden hummingbird, this large, nectar-feeding fly hovers effortlessly...