Bourret’s Box Turtle

Reptiles > Testudines

Bourret’s Box Turtle (Cuora bourreti) is an exquisitely patterned, highly endangered terrestrial chelonian native exclusively to the damp evergreen slopes of the Annamite Mountains in Vietnam and Laos. Recognized for its domed, intricately colored shell and...

Polynesian Megapode

Birds > Galliformes

The Polynesian Megapode (Megapodius pritchardii), known locally in Tonga as the Malau, is an astonishing terrestrial bird that represents the sole surviving member of the megapode family anywhere in Polynesia. Inhabiting the remote volcanic crater rim of...

Sulu Hornbill

Birds > Bucerotiformes

The Sulu Hornbill (Anthracoceros montani) is considered the rarest and most imperiled hornbill species on Earth. Once distributed across several islands in the southwestern Philippines, catastrophic deforestation and poaching have eradicated it from Jolo and...

Kakapo

Birds > Parrots

The Kakapo (Strigops habroptila) is an extraordinarily rare, nocturnal, flightless parrot endemic to the temperate rainforests of New Zealand. Recognized as the heaviest parrot species on Earth and one of the longest-lived birds, this gentle giant evolved in the...

Akeke’e

Birds > Hawaiian Honeycreepers

The Akeke’e (Loxops caeruleirostris) is an exquisite, olive-yellow Hawaiian honeycreeper found only in the mist-drenched cloud forests of the Alakaʻi Plateau on the island of Kauaʻi. Equipped with an asymmetrical crossed bill perfectly evolved to pry open leaf...