Amphibians > Salamanders
The Ozark Hellbender (Cryptobranchus bishopi), celebrated throughout the Ozark highlands as the ‘Snot Otter’ or ‘Devil Dog’, is a colossal, prehistoric river monster and one of the largest salamanders in the Western Hemisphere. Stretching up to...
Fish > Sturgeons
The Atlantic Sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus) is a magnificent, prehistoric colossus that has navigated the great rivers and coastal waters of eastern North America since the era of the dinosaurs. Known to colonial settlers as the ‘Founding Fish’ of the New...
Fish > Sturgeons
The Alabama Sturgeon (Scaphirhynchus suttkusi) is one of the rarest freshwater fishes in North America and one of the most imperiled vertebrates on the continent. Formally recognized as a distinct species in 1991, this slender, golden-yellow river dinosaur is the...
Mammals > Primates
The Pygmy Tarsier (Tarsius pumilus), also known as the Mountain Tarsier, is the smallest, rarest, and most high-altitude tarsier on the planet. Barely larger than a tennis ball and weighing less than two ounces, this diminutive nocturnal primate was believed to have...
Fish > Sturgeons
The Adriatic Sturgeon (Acipenser naccarii) is an ancient, armor-plated chondrostean fish endemic exclusively to the Adriatic basin and the Po River valley of northern Italy. Representing a prehistoric lineage dating back over 200 million years to the age of dinosaurs,...
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