Oilbird

Birds > Caprimulgiformes

The Oilbird (Steatornis caripensis), known natively in Spanish as the ‘guácharo’ (the one who cries and laments), is an extraordinary, cavern-dwelling nocturnal bird belonging to the monotypic family Steatornithidae. Indigenous to the rugged mountain...

Hope’s Cycad

Plants > Cycads

Hope’s Cycad (Lepidozamia hopei) reigns as the undisputed giant of the cycad world, capable of soaring over 50 feet into the canopy of the Daintree and Wet Tropics rainforests of northeastern Australia. Surviving virtually unchanged since the Mesozoic Era, this...

Greater Blue-ringed Octopus

Invertebrates > Cephalopods

The Greater Blue-Ringed Octopus (Hapalochlaena lunulata) is one of the most visually stunning, yet lethally dangerous marine invertebrates on planet Earth. Inhabiting the vibrant coral reefs, shallow tide pools, and rubble flats of the tropical Indo-Pacific, this tiny...

Shovel-billed Kookaburra

Birds > Coraciiformes

The Shovel-billed Kookaburra (Clytoceyx rex), also referred to as the shovel-billed kingfisher, is a bizarre and specialized terrestrial kingfisher endemic to the rugged tropical hill forests of New Guinea. Unlike typical fish-hunting kingfishers, this forest recluse...

Arrabal’s Surinam Toad

Amphibians > Frogs & Toads

Arrabal’s Surinam Toad (Pipa arrabali) is a curious, fully aquatic pipid anuran indigenous to the pristine lowland rainforest pools of the Guiana Shield and northern Amazon Basin. Renowned for its compressed, leaf-mimicking morphology and specialized...