Like a bird that was dipped in sunset colours, Mrs Gould’s sunbird is as pretty as a picture. Named after 19th century British artist, Elizabeth Gould, it’s been enchanting birders for centuries.
You know those dogs whose back legs don’t work but they fly around in a wheelchair, pulling themselves along with their two front legs? That’s pretty much how the flamboyant cuttlefish gets about.
Changes to migratory patterns, food availability and altered brain development, all predicted under warmer conditions, are big threats to sharks.
Meet the beautiful white-lipped python.
Meet the the king bird-of-paradise.
Meet the dibbler, a rare mammal thought to be extinct, only to be rediscovered a hundred years later. But they’re still struggling.
I mean, look at that face. Those paws. Emerging from its cave like a highly strung hobbit receiving too many dinner guests. Just put a little apron on him and we’re done.
One of the small handful of flying frogs in the world, the harlequin tree frog is not the kind of creature you’d easily miss.
If you’re looking for an absolute alpha, a force of nature that demands to be reckoned with, look no further than Victoria’s riflebird (Ptiloris victoriae).
The jumping spider of the snake world, the blunthead slug snake is so adorable, even the most phobic among us would struggle to have a problem with it.