Birds > Plains-wanderers
The Plains-wanderer (Pedionomus torquatus) is a critically endangered, biologically extraordinary ground bird endemic to the semi-arid native grasslands of southeastern Australia. Occupying its own unique monotypic family (Pedionomidae) within the order...
Birds > Pittas
Gurney’s Pitta (Hydrornis gurneyi) is widely heralded as one of the most magnificent yet critically imperiled avian treasures in Southeast Asia. Named in honor of the British amateur ornithologist John Henry Gurney, this jewel-toned suboscine passerine was...
Plants > Asparagaceae
Kaweesak’s Dragon Tree (Dracaena kaweesakii), known locally as Chan Daeng, is a majestic, pachycaul arborescent dragon tree discovered scientifically in 2013 across the dramatic limestone karst towers of Thailand and Myanmar. Reaching heights up to 12 meters,...
Amphibians > Salamanders
The Arboreal Minute Salamander (Thorius arboreus) is an astonishingly miniaturized amphibian native exclusively to the cloud-shrouded peaks of the Sierra de Juárez in northern Oaxaca, Mexico. Belonging to the lungless salamander family Plethodontidae, this...
Reptiles > Day Geckos
The Manapany Day Gecko (Phelsuma inexpectata) is a dazzling, critically endangered lizard native exclusively to a tiny coastal fringe on the southern shores of Réunion Island in the Indian Ocean. Described in 1995, this sun-loving diurnal reptile is famous for its...
