Creatura with Bec Crew
The common black house spider: a case of mistaken identity
How to tell a black house spider from a funnel-web spider.
Creatura with Bec Crew
The brown booby is a sophisticated seabird
Is this the most elegant booby you’ve ever seen? A member of the booby and gannet family Sulidae, the brown booby is one of the most common and widespread species.
Creatura with Bec Crew
Meet the venomous mottled cup moth caterpillar
With the ability to inject liquid venom into would-be predators – venom that happens to be surprisingly similar to that of wasps, spiders and scorpions – the mottled cup moth caterpillar is an intimidating critter.
Creatura with Bec Crew
Have a look at this beauty: Steve Irwin’s turtle
With every inch of its body covered in thick, soupy mud, except for its wonderful pink snout and pale, yellow cheeks, this Irwin’s turtle is showing off its best features.
Creatura with Bec Crew
The elegant squat lobster has some wacky friends
Okay, they might not be friends, exactly, but they sure are wacky.
Creatura with Bec Crew
What the Burmese peacock softshell turtle does with its head is spectacularly cool
The Burmese peacock softshell turtle is the best animal you’ll learn about this week.
Creatura with Bec Crew
The scarlet finch is a raspberry-coloured dream
It is genuinely shocking how nature is able to produce such vibrant colours. The scarlet finch is a total heartbreaker with all that velvety red plumage.
Astronomy with Kirsten Banks
One of the best meteor showers of the year is about to grace our skies
Over the next coming weeks, you may be lucky enough to catch a glint in the sky as the Eta Aquarids meteor shower ramps up in 2021.
Creatura with Bec Crew
The black lory is a rare beauty
Parrots are known for their extraordinary colours, but those that buck the trend can be just as striking. Meet the black lory.
Creatura with Bec Crew
The Maningrida diving tarantula sounds like a bad time
Far be it from me to tell spiders what to do, but a tarantula has no business being in the water.