Mammals > Diprotodontia
The Wondiwoi Tree Kangaroo (Dendrolagus mayri) is arguably the most mysterious and elusive marsupial in the world. First collected in 1928 by legendary evolutionary biologist Ernst Mayr on the remote Wondiwoi Peninsula of New Guinea, it was feared extinct for exactly...
Birds > Cassowaries
The Dwarf Cassowary (Casuarius bennetti), known as the Mountain Cassowary or Bennett’s Cassowary, is the smallest and most elusive of the three living cassowary species. Inhabiting the steep, mist-shrouded montane rainforests of New Guinea’s central...
Birds > Parrots
Pesquet’s Parrot (Psittrichas fulgidus), widely celebrated in popular culture as the ‘Dracula Parrot,’ is a gothic, magnificently bizarre bird endemic to the mist-shrouded mountain rainforests of New Guinea. With its striking combination of jet-black...
Reptiles > Snakes
The Arafura File Snake (Acrochordus arafurae), also widely known in Australia as the Wart Snake or Elephant Trunk Snake, is one of the most remarkable, primitive, and completely aquatic serpents on Earth. Belonging to the ancient family Acrochordidae, this...
Invertebrates > Insects
The Giant Spiny Stick Insect (Eurycantha calcarata), also known as the Thorny Tree Lobster or Black Ground Stick Insect, is one of the heaviest, most heavily armored, and most formidable phasmids on Earth. Native to the lush tropical rainforests of New Guinea and the...
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