Plants > Cycads
The Palma Corcho (Microcycas calocoma) is a legendary living fossil and the sole member of its endemic monotypic genus, restricted strictly to the dramatic limestone mogote landscapes of western Cuba. Despite its vernacular Spanish name translating to ‘cork...
Plants > Cycads
The Multipinnate Cycad (Cycas multipinnata) is one of the most anatomically extraordinary and critically endangered gymnosperms on Earth. Discovered by botanists in the steep, inaccessible karst valleys along the Red River gorge in Yunnan, China, and northern Vietnam,...
Reptiles > Tortoises
The Bolson Tortoise (Gopherus flavomarginatus), also known as the Mexican giant tortoise, is the largest land tortoise native to North America. Only discovered by science in 1959 in the remote Mapimà Basin of the Chihuahuan Desert, this ancient, slow-moving reptile...
Mammals > Cetaceans
The Baiji (Lipotes vexillifer), revered historically across the Yangtze River as the ‘Goddess of the Yangtze,’ is a graceful freshwater river dolphin distinct in lineage from marine cetaceans. Characterized by its elongated, upturned beak, rounded melon,...
Plants > Conifers
The Saharan Cypress (Cupressus dupreziana), known locally as the ‘Tarout,’ is one of the world’s most astonishing botanical survivors and an ancient living relic of the prehistoric ‘Green Sahara.’ Perched in hyper-arid sandstone canyons...
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