Category: Creatura Blog

Elaborate fins of the ribbonfish

Up to 2m long the ribbonfish is an elegant deep-sea creature

The Lord Howe Island phasmid is the world’s rarest insect and lives only on a remote sea stack

These South-east Asian monkeys sport striking shiny coats

This is one of the only known birds to be toxic. Its feathers contain one of the most potent toxins known to science – but why?

This tiny sea butterfly spends its days floating in the ocean, feeding on plankton

Like something out of a fiction novel, the flying dragon lizard is one of the only true gliding reptiles

The bright, rainbow-coloured kingfisher is found in the rainforests of South-East Asia.

Its fuzzy orange outer shell gives this orangutan crab its name

This worm may be primitive, with a combination mouth/anus, but it has some clever adaptations

Deep-sea creatures have adapted to life in the dark ocean depths.