Mountain Catfish

Fish > Catfishes

The Mountain Catfish (Nematogenys inermis), locally known as the bagre grande or bagre pintado, is a critically endangered freshwater fish and the sole living representative of the relict family Nematogenyidae. Widely regarded by ichthyologists as one of the most...

Silvery Pigeon

Birds > Columbiformes

The Silvery Pigeon (Columba argentina), also known as the silver wood-pigeon, is one of the most enigmatic and critically threatened avian species in Southeast Asia. Long feared extinct throughout much of the 20th century after vanishing from known historical...

Moheli Scops Owl

Birds > Strigiformes

The Moheli Scops Owl (Otus moheliensis) is one of the world’s rarest and most localized nocturnal birds of prey. Only scientifically described in 1998, this diminutive owl is entirely restricted to an isolated, mist-wrapped highland ridge forest crowning the...

American Burying Beetle

Invertebrates > Coleoptera

The American Burying Beetle (Nicrophorus americanus), also known as the giant carrion beetle, is North America’s largest native silphid beetle and one of the insect world’s most dedicated parents. Once widespread across 35 eastern and central states and...

Alta Verapaz Spikethumb Frog

Amphibians > Anura

The Alta Verapaz Spikethumb Frog (Plectrohyla teuchestes) is a heavily armored, stream-dwelling hylid treefrog native exclusively to the cloud-draped mountain slopes of eastern Guatemala. Belonging to a specialized group of torrent frogs known as spikethumbs, it is...