Fish > Bony Fish
The Mediterranean Flyingfish (Cheilopogon heterurus) is a magnificent open-ocean marine teleost renowned for its extraordinary ability to launch itself completely out of the sea and glide through the air for hundreds of meters. Inhabiting the upper epipelagic waters...
Birds > Parrots
The Austral Parakeet (Enicognathus ferrugineus), also known as the cachaña, holds the remarkable distinction of being the southernmost living parrot species on the planet, thriving in chilly, wind-swept temperate rainforests and subantarctic beech woodlands down to...
Mammals > Rodents
The Himalayan Marmot (Marmota himalayana) is one of the highest-dwelling mammal species on Earth, populating alpine grasslands and high-altitude windswept steppes throughout the Himalayas and the Tibetan Plateau at elevations exceeding 5,000 meters. A robust, heavily...
Fish > Sharks & Rays
The Ninja Lanternshark (Etmopterus benchleyi) is an extraordinary deep-sea squaliform elasmobranch described in 2015 from specimens retrieved off the Pacific coast of Central America. Named scientifically in honor of Peter Benchley, author of Jaws and dedicated marine...
Birds > Passerines
The Whitehead (Mohoua albicilla), known in the Maori language as popokotea, is an energetic, highly social passerine bird endemic to the North Island of New Zealand and adjacent offshore havens. Belonging to the endemic family Mohouidae, this charming songbird forms...
