American Pygmy Shrew

Mammals > Shrews

The American Pygmy Shrew (Sorex hoyi) is one of the smallest living mammals on Earth, holding the record as the lightest native mammal in North America. Tipping the scales at a mere two to four grams, this minuscule, high-octane insectivore inhabits the damp...

Curve-winged Sabrewing

Birds > Hummingbirds

The Curve-winged Sabrewing (Campylopterus curvipennis) is a large, vocal trochilid hummingbird native to the verdant foothill forests of eastern Mexico and Central America. Distinguished by the markedly thickened, flattened, and curved primary wing feather shafts of...

Eel Catfish

Fish > Air-breathing Catfish

The Eel Catfish (Channallabes apus) is a biologically extraordinary, highly specialized clariid catfish native to the dark, swampy river networks of Central Africa’s Congo Basin. Renowned among evolutionary biomechanists for its startling ability to exit the...

Puerto Rican Tody

Birds > Todies

The Puerto Rican Tody (Todus mexicanus), known locally as the ‘San Pedrito,’ is a diminutive, jewel-like coraciiform bird endemic to the Caribbean island of Puerto Rico. Characterized by its vibrant emerald-green upperparts, brilliant scarlet throat...

Leopard Lily

Plants > Wildflowers

The Leopard Lily (Lilium pardalinum), also known as the Panther Lily, is one of the most majestic and colorful native true lilies of the North American Pacific Coast. Reaching heights of over six feet along shaded mountain creeks and misty coastal seeps, its nodding,...