This majestic raptor is a fire-wielding ninja
Creatura BlogIs there anything cooler than a bird of prey that can spread fires using lit sticks, and is so sneaky, it can out-scavenge an ibis?
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Bec Crew
Becky Crew is a Sydney-based science communicator with a love for weird and wonderful animals. From strange behaviours and special adaptations to newly discovered species and the researchers who find them, her topics celebrate how alien yet relatable so many of the creatures that live amongst us can be.
Never a dull moment with Australia’s longest python
Creatura BlogThere’s something about being very big (or very small!) that makes an animal automatically more charming. And it doesn’t get much bigger than the amethystine python, or as Australians up in the north know it, the scrub python.
This pooping sea cucumber is one of the weirdest things you’ll ever see
Creatura BlogThe ocean is home to a colourful array of sea cucumber species, but this has to be the grossest.
This Wrap-Around Spider is weirdly adorable
Creatura BlogThese little guys are experts at hide and seek.
Why so blue? Unravelling colour-change in the chameleon grasshopper
BlogsIf you’re looking for a good old scientific mystery, look no further than the chameleon grasshopper.
This huge black bee is a gentle giant
Creatura BlogWith a hefty body, a massive wingspan, and a loud, low-pitched buzz, the tropical carpenter bee can be a pretty intimidating sight.
The mini-kangaroo with the T. rex arms
Creatura BlogEveryone loves a set of awkward little arms, and this wonderful critter is out here representing Team T. rex, with its stumpy forelimbs thrown open, ready for a hug.
This is the face of one of the rarest animals in Australia
Creatura BlogIt might not look like much, but that enigmatic grimace belongs to one of the rarest and most elusive species in the country — the maugean skate.
The providence petrel is the sweetest seabird
Creatura BlogMeet the providence petrel, Australia’s most trusting bird.
Meet the golden saola – the unicorn of Asia
Creatura BlogIn 1992, something extraordinary happened. The first new species of large mammal had been discovered in more than half a century, and scientists hailed it as one of the most spectacular zoological discoveries of the 20th century.