Plants > Orchidaceae & Epiphytic Orchids
Herrera’s Paphinia (Paphinia herrerae) is an extraordinarily delicate, ghost-like epiphytic orchid native strictly to the perhumid montane cloud forests flanking southeastern Ecuador’s eastern Andean foothills. Revered among botanists for its colossal,...
Mammals > Hylobatidae & Gibbons
The Hainan Gibbon (Nomascus hainanus) is recognized as the rarest primate on Earth and one of the world’s most critically endangered mammal species. Endemic entirely to the subtropical island of Hainan in southernmost China, this slender, acrobatic small ape was...
Mammals > Cetaceans & Porpoises
The Yangtze Finless Porpoise (Neophocaena asiaeorientalis), affectionately hailed as the ‘smiling angel’ of the Yangtze River, is the world’s only known freshwater porpoise subspecies. Following the tragic functional extinction of the Baiji river...
Mammals > Pholidota & Manidae
The Sunda Pangolin (Manis javanica), also known as the Malayan pangolin, is an extraordinary, prehistoric-looking mammal revered as the only mammal on Earth completely encased in an armor of large, overlapping keratin scales. Native to the lush tropical rainforests of...
Amphibians > Frogs & Toads
The Panamanian Golden Frog (Atelopus zeteki) is an iconic cultural symbol of Panama and a legendary gem of the Neotropical amphibian realm. Historically inhabiting torrential mountain streams near the picturesque El Valle de Antón and Campana, this strikingly radiant,...
