Plants > Caryophyllales
The Living Rock Cactus (Ariocarpus fissuratus) is an extraordinary, spineless desert succulent that exemplifies evolutionary crypsis in the family Cactaceae. Endemic to the scorched limestone flats of the Chihuahuan Desert across northern Mexico and west Texas, this...
Birds > Coraciiformes
The Chattering Kingfisher (Todiramphus tutus) is a captivating, jewel-toned kingfisher endemic to the isolated archipelagoes of the South Pacific, including the Society Islands and Cook Islands. Named for its sharp, staccato territorial calls that reverberate through...
Mammals > Diprotodontia
The Black-flanked Rock-wallaby (Petrogale lateralis), celebrated in Aboriginal cultures across central and western Australia as the warru, is an agile, beautifully marked macropod engineered for life on sheer precipices. Navigating vertical cliff faces, crumbly scree...
Mammals > Chiroptera
The Fish-eating Bat (Myotis vivesi), also known as the fish-eating myotis, is an extraordinary desert-island mammal adapted to an exclusively marine hunting existence. Roosting in boulder-strewn talus fields and remote coastal caverns along Mexico’s Sea of...
Plants > Gentianales
The Short-stemmed Elephant’s Foot (Pachypodium brevicaule) is one of the most astonishing examples of extreme succulent adaptation in the plant kingdom. Endemic strictly to the windswept quartzite plateaus of Madagascar’s central highlands, this miniature...
