Miss Waldron’s Red Colobus

Mammals > Primates

Miss Waldron’s Red Colobus (Piliocolobus waldronae) is one of the most critically imperiled primates on Earth, an iconic arboreal folivore endemic to the Upper Guinean forest hotspot of West Africa. First described in 1936, this magnificent monkey was feared to...

Devil Orchid

Plants > Orchids

The Devil Orchid (Corybas diabolicus), formally discovered and named in 2020, is a tiny and extraordinary helmet orchid endemic to the misty montane summits of central Sulawesi, Indonesia. Named for its bizarre, demonic appearance featuring two erect, antenna-like...

Assam Roofed Turtle

Reptiles > Turtles & Tortoises

The Assam Roofed Turtle (Pangshura sylhetensis), celebrated for its sharply peaked, roof-like vertebral carapace, is one of the rarest freshwater chelonians in Asia. Endemic strictly to the foothills and river tributaries of Assam, Meghalaya, and the Sylhet division...

Wood’s Hau Kuahiwi

Plants > Mallows

Wood’s Hau Kuahiwi (Hibiscadelphus woodii) is one of the world’s most endangered and dramatic cliff-dwelling flora species, native exclusively to the sheer, dizzying basalt walls of the Kalalau Valley on the island of Kauai, Hawaii. Belonging to the...

Antioquia Brushfinch

Birds > Sparrows & Finches

The Antioquia Brushfinch (Atlapetes blancae) represents one of the most miraculous rediscoveries in modern Neotropical ornithology. Long known only from three museum skins collected in the 1970s and feared extinct due to near-total habitat loss across its native...