Lehmann’s Poison Frog

Amphibians > Frogs

Lehmann’s Poison Frog (Oophaga lehmanni) is one of the most stunning and critically endangered dendrobatid frogs in the world. Endemic strictly to a tiny pocket of misty submontane rainforest within the Anchicayá river drainage of western Colombia’s...

Attenborough’s Long-beaked Echidna

Mammals > Monotremes

Attenborough’s Long-beaked Echidna (Zaglossus attenboroughi), named in honor of naturalist Sir David Attenborough, is among the rarest and most enigmatic mammals on Earth. Endemic exclusively to the rugged, cloud-shrouded Cyclops Mountains of Indonesian Papua,...

Durrell’s Vontsira

Mammals > Carnivorans

Durrell’s Vontsira (Salanoia durrelli) is one of the newest and most critically endangered mammalian carnivores discovered on Earth. First observed swimming in Lake Alaotra by conservationists in 2004 and formally described in 2010, this semi-aquatic euplerid is...

Madame Berthe’s Mouse Lemur

Mammals > Primates

Madame Berthe’s Mouse Lemur (Microcebus berthae) holds the distinction of being the world’s smallest known primate, an endearing miniature prosimian weighing roughly thirty grams. Confined strictly to the endangered dry deciduous forests of western...

Kakabeak

Plants > Legumes & Shrubs

Kakabeak (Clianthus puniceus), known in Maori as Kowhai Ngutukaka, is an internationally celebrated, critically endangered flowering shrub endemic to New Zealand. Renowned for its weeping clusters of dramatic, brilliant scarlet-crimson flowers that curve downward like...