News
Rare parrot is breeding in Tasmania in record numbers
The critically endangered orange-bellied parrot is having a fruitful breeding season in southwest Tasmania, giving hope for the species’ survival.
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Wildlife
A guide to Australia’s adorable pygmy-possums
Pygmy-possums are arguably Australia’s most adorable marsupials, with their curly tails and soft-looking bellies. Here’s your chance to get to know them better.
Creatura Blog
The peacock mantis shrimp is not here to make friends
The peacock mantis shrimp is beautiful, deadly, and has more tricks up its sleeve than a Bond villain.
Science & Environment
The wandering sea anemone is the tumbleweed of the ocean
You may have come across a wandering sea anemone washed ashore, leaving you thinking, “what on Earth was that jiggling ball of baked beans?”
Science & Environment
The road to saving Australia’s regent honeyeaters
The world watches with bated breath as the future of one of our most endangered birds hangs in the balance.
News
An extinct Tasmanian crayfish has been re-discovered
A little-known type of burrowing crayfish thought to be extinct has been spotted by environmental scientists in steep creeks in Tasmania’s rugged west.
News
Researchers decode Aussie lungfish genome
German and Austrian biologists say they have cracked the genetic code of the Australian lungfish, which is considered to be a “living fossil”.
Wildlife
Rare footage of fighting Mulga snakes recorded at Scotia Wildlife Sanctuary
Fighting mulga snakes captured on film on wildlife reserve in outback NSW.
Wildlife
Photos from the field: zooming in on Australia’s hidden world of exquisite mites, snails and beetles
They’re ready for their close up Mr DeMille.
Wildlife
Have you ever wondered how shells are birthed?
Looking like something straight out of Alien, this egg casing is a nursery for hundreds of precious seashells.