Creatura Blog - Australian Geographic

What the flame bowerbird can do with its eyes is mesmerising

It’s all about the eyes with the flame bowerbird.

Bright, white, and full of snot, the giant larvacean has all of the curves of a croissant, but none of the butter.

The chihuahua of the Australian desert, the ningaui will mess you up if you so much as look at it the wrong way.

This New Zealand wren is just adorable.

With its intensely pigmented emerald and crimson plumage, the eclectus parrot is like a living gemstone.

They might look a little goofy, but these odd little crustaceans are a starfish’s worst nightmare.

Named for the twin plumes sprouting from its head, the horned parakeet is dressed head-to-tail tip in tropical colours.

Look at that face.

Meet the jacanas, a family of wading birds that are spread across Asia, Africa, South and Central America, and Australia.

Girded by a golden halo that lights up its otherwise ashy body, the dusky batfish looks otherworldly as it flutters through the ocean.