creatura Archives - Australian Geographic

Meet the fish with hands

They walk on their fins, and when they’re in a hurry they trot. Welcome to the strange world of handfishes.

They’re aggressive, have been seen crossing paddocks, found in remote puddles and can handle water saltier than the sea.

The rare moustached kingfisher has been photographed for the first time amid a controversial expedition.

This PNG lizard boasts a colour that’s highly unusual in nature

These social birds are so reliant on the family they’ll even kidnap babies to boost numbers

The iconic but ungainly kōkako is easy pickings for rats, cats and stoats

The Sunda flying lemur is not a lemur at all, nor can it fly. But it is one of the best gliding colugo in the world

This metallic blue bee may look pretty, but she’s crafty at moving in on other bees’ nests

This recently discovered moth has been labelled by scientist as one of the most exciting entomological finds 40 years

This talented octopus sources and cleans out coconut shells to use as shelter