The sarus crane is the tallest flying bird in the world. They can be found among agricultural wetlands, grasslands, and open plains of the Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia, and northern Australia.
The black-flanked rock-wallaby, aka black-footed rock-wallaby, warru, or wiliji, is a shy and reclusive species of wallaby that hails from central and western Australia. These wallabies face the threats of habitat loss and destruction
The Tanzanian blue ringleg centipede, aka red-headed centipede, may look more red than blue but their coloration varies dramatically based on their region. They can be found in Africa, Australia, and Asia
The Queensland whistling tarantula, aka barking spider or bird-eating tarantula (which is a misnomer), hails from the east coast of Queensland, Australia. These tarantulas face the threats of
The brush-tailed mulgara is a carnivorous Australian marsupial found in the north-western, central, and south-western areas of the arid zone of Australia. While these marsupials face the threats of habitat loss and destruction at the hands of
The morepork owl, aka morpork, mopoke, or ruru, hails from New Zealand and Norfolk Island. 3 subspecies are recognized, 1 extinct, 1 a hybrid, plus the original species. Seeing as they face no major threats, sans perhaps habitat loss due to deforestation
The crest-tailed mulgura hails from central Australia and is a small to medium-sized carnivorous marsupial that belongs to the Dasyuridae family. Other members of this family are quolls, dunnarts, numbats, Tasmanian devils, and the extinct thylacine
The Leadbeater’s possum, aka fairy possum, has been greatly restricted to small pockets of alpine ash, mountain ash, and snow gum forests in the Central Highlands of Victoria, Australia. In 2025 an unknown population was shown to occur near Yarrangobilly Caves
The pond loach, aka oriental weatherloach, oriental weatherfish, or dojo loach, originally hails from east Asia, but has been introduced to other parts of Asia, as well as to Europe, North America,
The gummy shark, aka flake, Australian smooth hound, sweet william, or smooth dog-shark, is a small to medium-sized bottom-dwelling shark that can be found off the coast of southern Australia. These sharks are often fished for cuisine purposes due to their taste and market price. They face the threats of […]
