Birds > Coraciiformes
The Giant Kingfisher (Megaceryle maxima) is the undisputed heavyweight king of the African waterways and the largest kingfisher species on the African continent. Stretching nearly eighteen inches in length with a formidable dagger-like bill, this crested river...
Birds > Pelecaniformes
The Goliath Heron (Ardea goliath) is the undisputed colossal titan of the world’s wading birds and the largest living heron on Earth. Standing an astounding five feet tall with a magnificent seven-foot wingspan, this majestic monarch of African waterways towers...
Mammals > Rodents
The Bushy-tailed Woodrat (Neotoma cinerea), famously celebrated across the American West as the original ‘packrat’, is the heavy-bodied, mountain-dwelling collector of western North America. The largest and most cold-hardy of all woodrats, it is uniquely...
Mammals > Bats
The Big Brown Bat (Eptesicus fuscus) is one of the most widespread, ecologically vital, and beneficial insect-eating mammals in North America. Cloaked in a dense, glossy, rich copper-brown fur coat with broad, leathery wings, this nocturnal aerial acrobat patrols...
Fungi > Cantharellales
The Smooth Chanterelle (Cantharellus lateritius), celebrated by mushroom foragers and gourmet chefs as the flame-colored culinary jewel of eastern North America’s summer woodlands, is one of the most delicious, fragrant, and distinctive wild mushrooms in the...
