Need To Know with Dr Karl
The Min Min Mystery
An Australian neuroscientist has solved the mystery of Min Min lights.
Creatura with Bec Crew
Never a dull moment with Australia’s longest python
There’s something about being very big (or very small!) that makes an animal automatically more charming. And it doesn’t get much bigger than the amethystine python, or as Australians up in the north know it, the scrub python.
Creatura with Bec Crew
This pooping sea cucumber is one of the weirdest things you’ll ever see
The ocean is home to a colourful array of sea cucumber species, but this has to be the grossest.
Creatura with Bec Crew
The wrap-around spider is weirdly adorable
These little guys are experts at hide and seek.
Blogs
Why so blue? Unravelling colour-change in the chameleon grasshopper
If you’re looking for a good old scientific mystery, look no further than the chameleon grasshopper.
Creatura with Bec Crew
This huge black bee is a gentle giant
With a hefty body, a massive wingspan, and a loud, low-pitched buzz, the tropical carpenter bee can be a pretty intimidating sight.
Creatura with Bec Crew
The mini-kangaroo with the T. rex arms
Everyone loves a set of awkward little arms, and this wonderful critter is out here representing Team T. rex, with its stumpy forelimbs thrown open, ready for a hug.
Creatura with Bec Crew
This is the face of one of the rarest animals in Australia
It might not look like much, but that enigmatic grimace belongs to one of the rarest and most elusive species in the country — the maugean skate.
Creatura with Bec Crew
The providence petrel is the sweetest seabird
Meet the providence petrel, Australia’s most trusting bird.
Need To Know with Dr Karl
A quick guide to help you understand coral bleaching
Here, Dr Karl explains the number one problem facing our Great Barrier Reef: coral bleaching caused by climate change.