Texas Walnut

Plants > Trees & Shrubs

The Texas Walnut (Juglans microcarpa), also affectionately known as the Little Walnut or River Walnut, is a hardy, drought-tolerant native hardwood tree found along the rocky limestone riverbeds and canyon streams of Texas and the American Southwest. Famous for...

Nutmeg Hickory

Plants > Trees & Shrubs

The Nutmeg Hickory (Carya myristiciformis), also known as the Swamp Hickory, is one of the rarest, most enigmatic native hardwood trees in North America. Growing in scattered, localized pockets across rich southern river bluffs, it earns its common and scientific...

Graceful Rock Crab

Invertebrates > Crustaceans

The Graceful Rock Crab (Metacarcinus gracilis, formerly Cancer gracilis), also known as the Slender Crab, is an elegant, fast-moving marine decapod native to the Pacific Coast of North America. Closely related to the commercially famous Dungeness crab, it is...

Brazilian Slipper Lobster

Invertebrates > Crustaceans

The Brazilian Slipper Lobster (Scyllarides brasiliensis), known in Brazil as the ‘Lagosta-sapateira’, is a large, heavily built marine decapod inhabiting the subtropical and tropical continental shelves of the southwestern Atlantic. Lacking defensive...

Cope’s Giant Salamander

Amphibians > Salamanders & Newts

Cope’s Giant Salamander (Dicamptodon copei) is an extraordinary, cold-stream amphibian endemic to the old-growth temperate rainforests of western Washington and Oregon. Named in honor of renowned 19th-century paleontologist Edward Drinker Cope, this fascinating...