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.
Tag: animals
Nature & Wildlife
A photographic guide to Australia’s bees
With camera in hand, insect photographer James Dorey traveled the country capturing the diversity of our native bees up close.
Nature & Wildlife
In pictures: creatures of Australia’s deep-sea abyss
These deep sea creatures are both creepy and cool.
Biodiversity
Top Aussie animal science stories of 2016
There’s still so much to learn about – and from – our unique wildlife. Here are some of this year’s top new discoveries involving Australia’s iconic animals.
News
Magpie attack in Queensland leaves boy needing surgery
A magpie in Gladstone has caused serious eye injuries after swooping an eight-year-old boy.
AustroPalaeo
The original Antipodean lion
With each passing year we learn more and more about Australia’s most formidable marsupial predator.
Nature & Wildlife
GALLERY: Australia’s biggest ever animals
ASIDE FROM THE blue whale, which is thought to be the largest animal that has ever lived, many of today’s creatures are mere pygmies compared with what came before them in Earth’s prehistoric past. Australia’s first human inhabitants would have come face to face with some, such as Diprotodon, Megalania and Thylacoleo.
Nature & Wildlife
How to avoid and treat Australia’s deadliest bites
Here are the top 5 Aussie predators that can ruin your trip, how to avoid them, and what to do if you find yourself victim.
Biodiversity
VIDEO: Peta the koala’s physiotherapy
After being struck by a car, Peta is regaining her strength to go back out to the wild.
Nature & Wildlife
What’s in a name?
From ’emu’ to ‘cockatoo’, fewer Aussie animal names have their origins in Aboriginal languages than most of us realise – but the trend is shifting.