Birds > Songbirds
Described in 2021 after decades of field acoustic study, the Kilombero Cisticola (Cisticola bakerorum) is an endemic warbler restricted entirely to the seasonally flooded swamps of the Kilombero Basin in Tanzania. Adapted to extreme hydrologic fluctuations, it...
Mammals > Lemurs
Goodman’s Mouse Lemur (Microcebus lehilahytsara) is a tiny, nocturnal cheirogaleid primate endemic to the primary rainforest canopies of eastern Madagascar. Described in 2005 and named in honor of esteemed field primatologist Steve Goodman, this diminutive lemur...
Plants > Cacti
The German Empress (Disocactus phyllanthoides), also revered under its Aztec Nahuatl name ‘Nopalxochitl,’ is an exquisite, flowering epiphytic cactus native to the misty montane cloud forests of southern Mexico. Prized since pre-Columbian times for its...
Fish > Cyprinids
The Ruby Dwarf Danio (Paedocypris carbunculus) is a miniaturized freshwater cyprinid endemic to the ancient peat swamp forests of Central Kalimantan, Borneo. Discovered in 2008, this microscopic vertebrate belongs to a genus famed for producing some of the smallest...
Plants > Flowering Trees
Pride of Burma (Amherstia nobilis), also hailed as the ‘Queen of Flowering Trees,’ is widely considered one of the most magnificent botanical specimens in the world. The monotypic genus Amherstia belongs to the legume family (Fabaceae) and is native to the...
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