Amphibians > Frogs
The Tenasserim Cave Frog (Siamophryne troglodytes) is an astonishing amphibian discovery described to modern science in 2018 from deep within a single limestone karst cave in western Thailand. Representing a completely novel genus within the ancient microhylid frog...
Fungi > Hypocreales
The Hazel Gloves Fungus (Hypocreopsis rhododendri) is one of the most extraordinary, bizarre, and rarest macrofungi in Europe. Confined strictly to ancient, moss-draped Atlantic hazel rainforests along the hyper-oceanic western fringes of Scotland and Ireland, this...
Birds > Buttonquails
The Black-breasted Buttonquail (Turnix melanogaster) is one of Australia’s rarest, most cryptic terrestrial birds. Inhabiting the dwindling dry rainforest remnants and semi-evergreen vine thickets of eastern Australia, this plump, ground-dwelling species is...
Birds > Galliformes
The Sichuan Partridge (Arborophila rufipectus), also known as the Sichuan Hill-Partridge, is an exceptionally secretive and gorgeously patterned terrestrial bird found only within a tiny pocket of mountainous southwest China. Restricted to the ancient, mist-draped...
Birds > Passerines
The Akiapolaau (Hemignathus wilsoni) is one of the most astonishing examples of evolutionary radiation and morphological adaptation in the avian world. Endemic exclusively to the high-elevation volcanic cloud forests of Hawaiʻi Island, this vibrant honeycreeper fills...
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