Ant Plant

Plants > Gentianales

The Ant Plant (Dischidia pectinoides), also known as the kangaroo pocket or urn plant, is a fascinating epiphytic succulent native to the lush tropical rainforests of the Philippines. Belonging to the dogbane family (Apocynaceae), this climbing vine has developed one...

Hill Myna

Birds > Passerines

The Hill Myna (Gracula religiosa), universally celebrated across Asia as the talking myna or tiung emas, is a glossy, heavy-bodied passerine bird native to the lush, dripping rainforest canopies of South and Southeast Asia. Belonging to the starling family Sturnidae,...

Sun Bear

Mammals > Carnivorans

The Sun Bear (Helarctos malayanus), affectionately known as the ‘honey bear’ across Southeast Asia, holds the biological distinction of being the smallest living member of the bear family (Ursidae). Cloaked in sleek, water-repellent short black fur and...

Binturong

Mammals > Viverrids & Carnivorans

The Binturong (Arctictis binturong), widely known in popular lore as the ‘bearcat’ despite being neither a bear nor a cat, is a colossal, arboreal viverrid belonging to the civet family Viverridae, indigenous to the dense tropical rainforest canopies of...
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