Flat-tailed Tortoise

Reptiles > Tortoises

The Flat-tailed Tortoise (Pyxis planicauda), known locally in Madagascar as Kapidolo (the ‘ghost tortoise’), is one of the rarest, most secretive, and most critically endangered chelonians on Earth. Inhabiting the dry deciduous forests of western...

Broad-billed Roller

Birds > Perching Birds

The Broad-billed Roller (Eurystomus glaucurus) is a dazzling, stocky aerial bird belonging to the roller family Coraciidae, widespread across the woodlands and savannas of sub-Saharan Africa and Madagascar. Famous for its heavy, bright yellow bill and rich...

Madagascar Pochard

Birds > Anseriformes

The Madagascar Pochard (Aythya innotata), known locally as the ‘Fotsy Maso’ (White Eye), is the rarest duck in the world. Declared completely extinct in the late 1990s after decades without a verified sighting on its historic stronghold of Lake Alaotra, a...

Silky Sifaka

Mammals > Primates

The Silky Sifaka (Propithecus candidus), known locally in Malagasy as the ‘Simpona’, is one of the rarest, most ethereal, and most critically endangered primates on the planet. Revered for its long, immaculate, silky white pelage that glows against the...

Blue Spiny Stick Insect

Invertebrates > Stick Insects

The Blue Spiny Stick Insect (Achrioptera manga) is universally hailed as one of the most breathtakingly gorgeous insects on Earth. While almost all stick insects rely on drab brown or green camouflage to hide as twigs, adult males of this colossal Malagasy species...