Reptiles > Skinks & Scincids
Slevin’s Skink (Emoia slevini) is a critically endangered scincid lizard endemic exclusively to the Mariana archipelago in the western Pacific. Once common across Guam, Rota, and Tinian, this sleek diurnal reptile has vanished from the southern Marianas,...
Fungi > Pleurotaceae & Oyster Mushrooms
The Nebrodi White Ferula Mushroom (Pleurotus nebrodensis) is a rare, magnificent basidiomycete fungus endemic strictly to the high limestone plateaus of the Madonie Mountains in northern Sicily. Celebrated since classical Roman antiquity for its firm, fragrant white...
Birds > Pheasants & Galliformes
The Vietnam Pheasant (Lophura hatinhensis) is an exceptionally rare, secretive galliform endemic to the dense rainforests flanking the Annamite mountain foothills of central Vietnam. Discovered by scientists in Ha Tinh Province, the male displays spectacular...
Reptiles > Dragons & Agamids
The Canberra Grassland Earless Dragon (Tympanocryptis pinguicolla) is one of Australia’s rarest and most critically endangered reptiles, a tiny, cryptic agamid lizard surviving only in tiny remnants of natural temperate grasslands around Canberra. Completely...
