Dolly Varden

Dolly Varden (Salvelinus malma) is an exquisitely beautiful, cold-water char native to the wild, glacier-fed rivers and coastal estuaries of the North Pacific Rim. Named after the colorful, polka-dotted dress worn by the Charles Dickens character Dolly Varden, this...

Rose-breasted Grosbeak

The Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Pheucticus ludovicianus) is an aristocratic, handsome songbird native to the deciduous forests of eastern North America. Affectionately nicknamed the ‘robin that went to opera school’ for its rich, liquid, melodious song, the...

Indigo Bunting

The Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea) is a dazzling, cobalt-blue songbird celebrated across eastern North America as a radiant jewel of summer fields and forest edges. Revered by ornithologists for its extraordinary celestial navigation—migrating thousands of miles at...

Pygmy Rabbit

The Pygmy Rabbit (Brachylagus idahoensis) is a diminutive, charming creature that holds the title of the smallest rabbit in North America and one of the two smallest rabbits on Earth. Endemic to the vast sagebrush oceans of the American Intermountain West, this...

Abert’s Squirrel

Abert’s Squirrel (Sciurus aberti), also celebrated as the Tassel-eared Squirrel, is a handsome, charismatic arboreal rodent native to the scenic ponderosa pine forests of the American Southwest. Famous for its long, dramatic ear tufts that stand upright like...