White Ash

Plants > Trees & Shrubs

The White Ash (Fraxinus americana) is an aristocratic, towering native hardwood tree celebrated across North America for its magnificent, soaring columnar trunk and its famous, shock-resistant timber that has carved every classic wooden baseball bat in Major League...

Asian Giant Tortoise

Reptiles > Tortoises

The Asian Giant Tortoise (Manouria emys), also celebrated as the Mountain Tortoise or Burmese Mountain Tortoise, is the largest living tortoise on the Asian continent. Regarded as one of the most primitive tortoises alive today, this gentle, moss-loving giant is...

Brazilian Merganser

Birds > Anatidae & Mergansers

The Brazilian Merganser (Mergus octosetaceus) is universally recognized among ornithologists as one of the rarest, most specialized, and most critically endangered waterfowl on Earth. Confined strictly to pristine, crystal-clear river headwaters flowing through the...

Angelshark

Fish > Squatinidae & Angelsharks

The Angelshark (Squatina squatina), historically known as the monkfish, is a remarkably specialized benthic elasmobranch that bridges the anatomical appearance of sharks and rays. Possessing a wide, dorsoventrally compressed body with broad pectoral fins that resemble...

Guatemalan Beaded Lizard

Reptiles > Helodermatidae & Beaded Lizards

The Guatemalan Beaded Lizard (Heloderma charlesbogerti), locally known as the ‘escorpión negro’ or ‘niño dormido,’ is one of the rarest, most enigmatic, and most critically endangered reptiles in the Western Hemisphere. Confined exclusively to...