Blue Sucker

Fish > Suckerfishes & Loaches

The Blue Sucker (Cycleptus elongatus) is a magnificent, long-lived big-river fish belonging to the sucker family Catostomidae. Easily distinguished by its slender, torpedo-shaped body, sickle-shaped dorsal fin, and deep steel-blue or slate-black breeding coloration,...

Eastern Red Bat

Mammals > Bats

The Eastern Red Bat (Lasiurus borealis) is one of North America’s most widespread and visually striking forest-dwelling bats, belonging to the vesper bat family Vespertilionidae. Unlike many cave-dwelling bats, this solitary tree bat roosts among foliage in...

Siberian Crane

Birds > Gruiformes

The Siberian Crane (Grus leucogeranus), celebrated across northern cultures as the ‘White Crane’ or ‘Lily of the Birds’, is one of the most regal, ancient, and critically endangered wetland birds on Earth. Draped in pure, snow-white plumage...

American White Pelican

Birds > Pelecaniformes

The American White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos) is a majestic, colossal waterbird that boasts the second-largest wingspan of any bird in North America, stretching up to ten feet across. Unlike the coastal Brown Pelican that plunge-dives into ocean surf, this...

Iridescent Shark

Fish > Catfishes

The Iridescent Shark (Pangasianodon hypophthalmus), also widely known as the Pangasius Catfish or Sutchi Catfish, is an iconic, large, and highly migratory river catfish in the family Pangasiidae. Despite its shark-like silhouette and popular aquarium trade moniker,...