Invertebrates > Insects
The European Mantisfly (Mantispa styriaca), also commonly referred to as the mantid lacewing, is one of Europe’s most astonishing examples of convergent evolution. Despite bearing an uncanny physical resemblance to a praying mantis, it belongs to the distinct...
Reptiles > Snakes
The Calabar Burrowing Boa (Calabaria reinhardtii), also known as the Calabar python or two-headed snake, is a gentle, fossorial constrictor native to the humid equatorial rainforests of West and Central Africa. Historically classified among pythons due to cranial...
Birds > Hummingbirds
The Mountain Avocetbill (Opisthoprora euryptera) is a singular, highly specialized hummingbird endemic to the frigid, mist-enshrouded dwarf elfin forests and sub-páramo scrub of the tropical high Andes. Occupying steep mountain slopes between 2,400 and 3,600 meters in...
Mammals > Diprotodontia
The Small Dorcopsis (Dorcopsulus vanheurni), occasionally known as the lesser forest wallaby, is a secretive, compact macropodid marsupial endemic to the cloud-draped mountain rainforests traversing the central cordillera of New Guinea. Perfectly adapted for...
Plants > Succulents
Elephant’s Foot (Dioscorea elephantipes), formerly known as Testudinaria elephantipes and frequently called Hottentot’s bread, is an extraordinary, pachycaul succulent geophyte endemic to the arid semi-desert regions of southern South Africa. Renowned...
