
NZ’s jewelled gecko has some bizarre colour patterns
Meet the lovely jewelled gecko, a rare and unusual reptile found only on the South Island of New Zealand.
Meet the lovely jewelled gecko, a rare and unusual reptile found only on the South Island of New Zealand.
If you’re in need of something extremely chill to ease you out of the Tuesday morning blues, the dragontail butterfly is here to help.
At first glance, it might look like a regular old house mouse, but this sweet little guy is the elusive fawn-footed melomys, a tree-dwelling rodent found only in Australia.
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.
As far as heads go, this is an impressive one. Belonging to the brightly iridescent white-lipped python, this snake is as unique as it is beautiful.
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.