Herbert River Ringtail Possum

Mammals > Marsupials

The Herbert River Ringtail Possum (Pseudochirulus herbertensis) is a captivating, arboreal marsupial endemic to the misty, upland rainforest canopies of Queensland’s Wet Tropics in northeastern Australia. Instantly recognizable by its dense, jet-black dorsal...

Hope’s Cycad

Plants > Cycads

Hope’s Cycad (Lepidozamia hopei) reigns as the undisputed giant of the cycad world, capable of soaring over 50 feet into the canopy of the Daintree and Wet Tropics rainforests of northeastern Australia. Surviving virtually unchanged since the Mesozoic Era, this...

Tooth-billed Bowerbird

Birds > Passeriformes

The Tooth-billed Bowerbird (Scenopoeetes dentirostris), also known as the stagemaker bowerbird, is a singular avian architect native exclusively to the mist-draped upland rainforests of Queensland’s Wet Tropics in northeastern Australia. Unlike avenue- or...

Chameleon Gecko

Reptiles > Geckos

The Chameleon Gecko (Carphodactylus laevis) is a singular, archaic Australian lizard endemic strictly to the primeval rainforests of Queensland’s Wet Tropics. The sole member of its monotypic genus within the ancient Australasian family Carphodactylidae, this...

Tuberous Cycad

Plants > Zamiaceae & Cycads

The Tuberous Cycad (Bowenia spectabilis) is an ancient, remarkably distinctive gymnosperm endemic to the lush rainforest understories of Queensland’s Wet Tropics in northeastern Australia. Unlike typical cycads that produce rough, woody above-ground trunks,...