Birds > Coraciiformes
The Rufous-lored Kingfisher (Todiramphus winchelli), also widely known as Winchell’s kingfisher, is one of the most vividly patterned and secretive avian endemics of the Philippines. Inhabiting the shadowed understory of ancient lowland rainforests, this...
Plants > Caryophyllales
Thollon’s Carnivorous Liana (Dioncophyllum thollonii) is a botanical marvel belonging to the small, relictual African family Dioncophyllaceae. Native strictly to the humid equatorial rainforests of Central Africa, this extraordinary woody climbing vine exhibits...
Birds > Galliformes
The Cheer Pheasant (Catreus wallichii) is an iconic, highly specialized galliform bird endemic to the precipitous crags and grassy ravines of the Western Himalayas. Unlike many flamboyant members of the pheasant family that flaunt iridescent emeralds and rubies, the...
Plants > Welwitschiales
Welwitschia (Welwitschia mirabilis) is an iconic botanical living fossil that defies traditional plant classification, occupying its own monotypic order, Welwitschiales. Endemic exclusively to the blistering expanses of the Namib Desert—one of the oldest and driest...
Amphibians > Caudata
The Olm (Proteus anguinus), often called the ‘human fish’ in Slavic folklore due to its pale, flesh-colored skin, is Europe’s only obligate troglobitic chordate. Inhabiting the pitch-black subterranean river systems of the Dinaric karst, this...
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