Mammals > Bats
Hill’s Horseshoe Bat (Rhinolophus hilli) is one of the rarest and most elusive mammals on the African continent. Endemic exclusively to the misty, high-altitude rainforests of Nyungwe National Park in southwestern Rwanda, this critically endangered insectivorous...
Birds > Passerines
The Urrao Antpitta (Grallaria fenwickorum), also known as the Fenwick’s Antpitta, is a shy, terrestrial suboscine passerine discovered in the cloud-swathed heights of the Western Andes in Colombia. First scientifically documented in 2010 on the slopes of the...
Mammals > Whales
Rice’s Whale (Balaenoptera ricei) is one of the most critically endangered marine mammals on the planet and the only baleen whale species resident year-round in the Gulf of Mexico. Long presumed to be an isolated subpopulation of Bryde’s whale,...
Plants > Cycads
The Dolomite Cycad (Encephalartos dolomiticus) is an exceptionally majestic, ancient gymnosperm that clings to sheer, cloud-shrouded limestone cliffs in the northeastern Drakensberg mountains of South Africa. Instantly recognizable by its striking silvery-blue,...
Amphibians > Frogs
The Micro Frog (Microbatrachella capensis) is an astonishingly miniature, critically imperiled amphibian endemic strictly to the tannin-stained, acidic peat wetlands of the Cape Floristic Region of South Africa. Measuring scarcely half an inch in adult length and...
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