Meet the world’s animals.

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• Northern Bald Ibis Geronticus eremita

  

  Adults have a red bare face and a crest extending from the back of the head down the neck. Their black feathers can shine green or purple, and they live in groups.

• Bavarian Pine Vole Microtus (Terricola) bavaricus

  This vole has tiny eyes and short ears hidden by its fur. It was rediscovered near Mittenwald, Germany, in 2023.

• Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea

  A migratory wader that probes mudflats with its long bill. In Australia, it searches shallow water for small invertebrates during the austral summer.

• Marsh Mongoose Atilax paludinosus

  The marsh mongoose has dark brown fur and favours wetlands beside rivers and lakes.

• Mexican Duck Anas diazi

  The Mexican Duck is found mainly in Mexico. It uses temporary wetlands during the rainy season and agricultural areas around water in the dry season.

• Wyoming Pocket Gopher Thomomys clusius

  This small pocket gopher occurs in southern Wyoming. It has pale yellow-gray fur and is recorded on fine-soil flats, including areas with Gardner saltbush.

• Chestnut-headed Oropendola Psarocolius wagleri

  This bird ranges from Central America to Colombia and Ecuador. It has a black body, chestnut head, neck and rump, and a yellow tail with dark central feathers.

• Palawan Pangolin Manis culionensis

  The Palawan pangolin has pale yellowish-white scales across its back. A Palawan study found greater use of primary forest among the habitats assessed and reported foraging searches at termite and ant mounds.

• Dusky Megapode Megapodius freycinet

  The Dusky Megapode is a dark, ground-dwelling bird that builds a mound and buries its eggs in it. Body size varies greatly among islands, and details of its breeding biology and diet remain poorly known.

• Pygmy Long-fingered Possum Dactylopsila kambuayai

  A 2026 revision places this small striped possum in Dactylonax rather than Dactylopsila. After it was known only from fossils, living individuals were documented in lowland forest on the Vogelkop Peninsula of western New Guinea. Much of its natural history remains poorly known.

• Black-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles orientalis

  This sandgrouse feeds on seeds in dry, open country. The black belly belongs to the male; females have fine barred and speckled plumage.

• Asian Badger Meles leucurus

  The Asian badger ranges from eastern Europe to eastern Asia and is well adapted for digging. It has a white face with dark stripes over the eyes, and its coat color varies by region.

• Nullarbor Quail-thrush Cinclosoma alisteri

  The Nullarbor Quail-thrush is a ground-dwelling bird of southern Australia’s Nullarbor Plain. It walks slowly while foraging in low vegetation around limestone outcrops.

• Max's Short-tailed Gymnure Hylomys maxi

  This small erinaceid is recorded in forests on Sumatra and the Malay Peninsula. It is reported more often in hill and montane forest.

• Usambara Hyliota Hyliota usambara

  The Usambara Hyliota has a blue-black back and a white wing patch. A 1999 survey recorded it singly or in pairs, usually in the canopy of mature trees at forest edges in Tanzania’s East Usambaras. That paper used the older subspecies name Hyliota (australis) usambarae and said its status as a separate species was unresolved at the time.

• Molina's Hog-nosed Skunk Conepatus chinga

  A South American skunk with a black coat, white back stripes and a broad nose.

• Mikado Pheasant Syrmaticus mikado

  The Mikado Pheasant lives in Taiwan's mountain forests. Males have blue-purple plumage and a long tail.

• New Guinea Quoll Dasyurus albopunctatus

  The New Guinea quoll is a medium-sized carnivorous marsupial from New Guinea's forests. It can climb, and one field account reports a body mass of about 500–1,000 g.

• Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus

  A large woodpecker with a red crest and white neck stripes that searches dead wood for ants.

• Cape Elephant Shrew Elephantulus edwardii

  The Cape elephant shrew lives in rocky parts of South Africa and feeds mainly on ants and other insects. Its long, flexible snout is a notable feature.

• Yellow-eyed Penguin Megadyptes antipodes

  A penguin recognized by its yellow eyes and head band, it catches fish and squid near the seafloor.

• Black lechwe Kobus smithemani

  Black lechwe are smaller and darker than other lechwe, and males have shorter horns. Along Lake Bangweulu in Zambia, they move seasonally as water levels change.

• Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens

  The Magnificent Frigatebird is a large seabird with long wings and a deeply forked tail. It soars over tropical and subtropical oceans throughout the Americas.

• Napo Saki Pithecia napensis

  The Napo saki is a saki monkey of northwestern South American forests. Its long, coarse coat mixes gray, cream, and black hairs. A survey in northern Peru recorded it in both flooded forest and terra firme forest.