Angular Roughshark

Fish > Sharks

The Angular Roughshark (Oxynotus centrina), often delightfully referred to by Mediterranean fishermen as the ‘sea pig’ due to its peculiar snorting exhalations upon capture, is one of the most anatomically extraordinary sharks in the ocean. Sporting a...

Bigeye Thresher Shark

Fish > Sharks

The Bigeye Thresher Shark (Alopias superciliosus) is an extraordinary apex predator of the high seas, instantly recognizable by its gigantic, upward-looking eyes and an elongated, whip-like upper caudal fin lobe that rivals its entire body in length. Inhabiting...

Pemba Free-tailed Bat

Mammals > Bats

The Pemba Free-tailed Bat (Mops bakarii) is a specialized, fast-flying insectivorous mammal found nowhere else on Earth except Pemba Island in the Zanzibar Archipelago off the coast of Tanzania. Named in honour of prominent Zanzibari conservationist Bakari Asseid,...

Elizabeth’s Butterwort

Plants > Carnivorous Plants

Elizabeth’s Butterwort (Pinguicula elizabethiae) is an exquisite, micro-endemic carnivorous perennial discovered clinging to vertical gypsum and limestone precipices in the heart of Mexico’s Sierra Gorda Biosphere Reserve. Named in honor of botanist...

Yellow-throated Toucan

Birds > Toucans

The Yellow-throated Toucan (Ramphastos ambiguus) ranks among the largest and most acoustically prominent avian ambassadors of the Neotropical rainforest canopy. Renowned for its colossal, diagonally bicolored bill—blending bright banana-yellow along the culmen with...