Creatura Blog
This giant firefly looks even weirder in the light
Of all the insects you could encounter in the forests of Thailand, this has to be one of the strangest.
Creatura Blog
The spotted litter frog sits like a human and it has us crying
I mean, look at this little guy, sitting up all by itself. It looks so proud, so determined. While all the other frogs are sitting around like frogs, the spotted litter frog has figured out how to sit like a real gentleman. Wheel a tiny dining table in and we’re done.
Creatura Blog
No one skips leg day quite like the red-naped trogon
“All looks, no leg muscles,” is what a self-deprecating red-naped trogon might put on its dating app profile.
Creatura Blog
Everyone back up, this dartfish looks mad as heck
If fish had beds, this one woke up on the wrong side of hers. Meet Helfrich’s dartfish, a small marine fish with attitude to burn.
Australian Geographic Shark Blog
Shark bite fatalities have tripled. Should we be worried?
What’s actually happening with shark bites in Australia, and should we be alarmed?
Creatura Blog
Treeshrews love spicy food and can’t get drunk
Many humans gravitate towards food that has a kick, but this is (understandably) a complete anomaly in the animal kingdom.
Creatura Blog
Don’t be fooled by the black-shouldered kite’s smouldering good looks
The black-shouldered kite is as beautiful as it is deadly.
Creatura Blog
The dusky lory looks like a bird born from embers
Sporting the colours of freshly molten lava, the dusky lory almost doesn’t look real with its bright orange features breaking through all that sooty black.
Tim the Yowie Man
Saucer serial hysteria: The case of the Tully crop circle
The Tully saucer nest heralded the start of the worldwide phenomenon of the modern crop circle.
Astronomy with Kirsten Banks
‘Imagine Indiana Jones but in space’: galactic archaeology explained
What exactly is galactic archaeology? Kirsten Banks explains.