Spotlight on
ANIMALS named WILSON

Wilson's Bird of Paradise

An Indonesian endemic, the Wilson's bird-of-paradise is distributed to the hill and lowland rainforests of Waigeo and Batanta Islands off West Papua.  The common name honors Edward Wilson, a British naturalist who bought the specimen that was eventually used to describe the species. [click photo to see Wilson in action!]

Wilson - A Belgium Shepherd Hero Search Dog

With his powerful snout and his pointy ears, Wilson became a national hero in Colombia when he helped the military find four Indigenous children who survived a plane crash and were lost in the Amazon jungle for 40 days.