Invertebrates > Cardiids & Cardiida
The Giant Clam (Tridacna gigas), celebrated as the undisputed sovereign of marine bivalve mollusks, is the largest living bivalve on Earth and the type species of the giant clam subfamily Tridacninae within the cockle family Cardiidae. Inhabiting the pristine,...
Birds > Cracids & Galliformes
The Great Curassow (Crax rubra) is a majestic, heavy-bodied, largely arboreal galliform bird belonging to the family Cracidae within the order Galliformes. Indigenous to the undisturbed primary rainforests and humid lowland canopies of Central America and northwestern...
Amphibians > Salamandrids & Urodela
The Emperor Newt (Tylototriton shanjing), also popularly known as the Mandarin newt or Mandarin salamander, is an exquisitely colored, terrestrial caudate amphibian belonging to the true salamander and newt family Salamandridae. Endemic to the mist-shrouded montane...
Birds > Penguins & Sphenisciformes
The Macaroni Penguin (Eudyptes chrysolophus) is a charismatic, colonial seabird belonging to the crested penguin genus Eudyptes within the family Spheniscidae. Inhabiting the remote, wind-swept islands of the subantarctic Southern Ocean and the fringes of the...
Plants > Apocynaceae & Gentianales
The Socotra Desert Rose (Adenium socotranum), known locally across the mythical island of Socotra as the giant bottle tree, is a colossal, otherworldly pachycaul succulent belonging to the dogbane family Apocynaceae. Strictly endemic to the sun-scorched, wind-scoured...
