Northern Hairy-nosed Wombat

Mammals > Diprotodontia

The Northern Hairy-nosed Wombat (Lasiorhinus krefftii), affectionately known in Australia as the Yaminon, is the largest and rarest of the three living wombat species and one of the most critically imperiled marsupials on Earth. Once roaming across vast swathes of...

Jellyfish Tree

Plants > Ericales

The Jellyfish Tree (Medusagyne oppositifolia) is an enigmatic botanical living fossil and the sole member of its evolutionary lineage, native only to the mist-covered granite summits of Mahé in the Seychelles. Thought to have vanished into extinction during the early...

Giant Palouse Earthworm

Invertebrates > Annelids

The Giant Palouse Earthworm (Driloleirus americanus), meaning ‘lily-like earthworm’, is one of North America’s most elusive, mythical, and deeply subterranean annelids. Native to the fertile rolling hills of the Palouse region in Washington and...

Black Abalone

Invertebrates > Gastropods

The Black Abalone (Haliotis cracherodii) is a large, iconic marine snail native to the rugged rocky coastlines of California and Baja California. Historically one of the most abundant intertidal mollusks on the Pacific coast, often found stacked several layers deep on...

Anegada Ground Iguana

Reptiles > Iguanians

The Anegada Ground Iguana (Cyclura pinguis), also known as the Stout Rock Iguana or Anegada Rock Iguana, is an imposing, prehistoric lizard native to the coral island of Anegada in the British Virgin Islands. As the most basal and ancestral member of the genus...