Creatura with Bec Crew
Beware of the beautiful but poisonous mandarinfish
It may look pretty, but this fish uses both poison and a foul stench to keep predators at bay.
Creatura with Bec Crew
Blue-spotted tree monitor’s mysterious colour
This PNG lizard boasts a colour that’s highly unusual in nature.
Creatura with Bec Crew
Apostlebirds keep it all in the family
These social birds are so reliant on the family they’ll even kidnap babies to boost numbers
Creatura with Bec Crew
The kōkako, endangered and terrible at flying
The iconic but ungainly kōkako is easy pickings for rats, cats and stoats
AG Blog
Top 2015 natural history art student announced
The prestigious Australian Geographic Natural History Illustration Prize winner has been announced.
Creatura with Bec Crew
The bubble snail, a rare Australian visitor
The miniature melo snail has a shell that’s more decorative than functional
AustroPalaeo
‘Romeo and Juliet’ dinosaurs buried together
Dinosaur ‘lovers’ preserved together in the Gobi Desert are the best evidence yet of a fossilised mating pair.
Creatura with Bec Crew
The Sunda flying lemur not what it seems
The Sunda flying lemur is not a lemur at all, nor can it fly. But it is one of the best gliding colugo in the world
AustroPalaeo
AUDIO: The music of science
How do you pick five pieces of classical music to complement a discussion that ranges from dinosaurs and birds to museums and astronomy?
On This Day
On this day: Australia’s first indigenous MP born
Neville Bonner would go on to become our first indigenous MP and an Australian of the Year.