Giant taro
Giant taro has the largest un-split leaf in the world, reaching two metres long. The giant leaves are ideally adapted to absorbing the small amount of light that reaches the rainfo...
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Philippines jade vine
The Philippines Jade Vine has some of the most extraordinary flowers of any plant. Enormous, metre-long spikes of brilliant turquoise blooms hang from the scrambling stems usually ...
Blue poison dart frog
Blue poison dart frogs are found in only a few isolated areas of rainforest in Suriname and northern Brazil, so were only discovered in 1969. They are diurnal, which means they are...
Emerald tree boa
Emerald tree boas, as their name suggests, are a tree dwelling species, spending most of their time high up in the foliage. They prefer to be solitary. They are found in lowland tr...
IUCN Conservation Status Explained
The IUCN conservation status records whether animal or plant species is threatened with extinction in their native home.
CITES Appendix explained
CITES (the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora) is an international agreement between governments.
Goeldi’s monkey
Goeldi’s monkeys live in family groups of six to eight in South American rainforests. The parents and siblings keep close, rarely moving more than 15 metres apart, whilst older s...
Two-toed sloth
The Linne’s two-toed sloth lives in the canopy layer of tropical forests, where they spend most of their lives hanging upside down from branches. They are native to most of n...
Six-banded armadillo
Six-banded armadillos dig big dens up to two metres deep to sleep in at night, but only stay in the same place for a few days at a time. Unlike most armadillos, the six-banded is m...
Pygmy marmosets
Pygmy marmosets are the smallest living true monkey in the world, hence, they have been given a genus of their own, Cebuella. They are from South America and can be found in Brazi...