Robust Grasshopper

Invertebrates > Orthoptera

The Robust Grasshopper (Brachaspis robustus) is a critically endangered, completely flightless acridid grasshopper restricted entirely to the semi-arid gravel floodplains of the Mackenzie Basin in New Zealand’s South Island. Highly specialized for life on open...

Wood Rose

Plants > Santalales

The Wood Rose (Dactylanthus taylorii), known in Māori as pua o te reinga (‘flower of the underworld’), is New Zealand’s only fully parasitic flowering plant and the world’s southernmost member of the tropical family Balanophoraceae. Devoid of...

Yanbaru Whiskered Bat

Mammals > Chiroptera

The Yanbaru Whiskered Bat (Myotis yanbarensis) is an exceptionally rare, critically endangered vespertilionid bat endemic strictly to the subtropical island arc of southwestern Japan. Discovered as recently as 1996 in the ancient primeval Yanbaru forest of northern...

Fischer’s Egg

Fungi > Phallales

Fischer’s Egg (Claustula fischeri) is one of the world’s most morphologically unique and critically threatened gasteroid fungi. Representing a monotypic genus and the sole representative of the family Claustulaceae within the stinkhorn order Phallales,...

Chiriquí Harlequin Frog

Amphibians > Anura

The Chiriquí Harlequin Frog (Atelopus chiriquiensis), also known as the Chiriquí Stubfoot Toad, is a historically abundant yet tragically imperiled bufonid amphibian native to the misty highlands of Central America. Inhabiting turbulent, boulder-strewn headwater...