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 […]
The red-tailed phasogale, aka red-tailed wambenger, red-tailed mousesack, or kenngoor, is a diminutive, carnivorous marsupial that dwells among the inland areas of south-western to western Australia, and has been reintroduced in sanctuaries in
The purple-crowned fairywren is the largest of the 11 species or Australasian wren species. They are found in northern Australia. Their species’ name hails from the Latin word cǒrōna meaning “crown”, and is in reference to the distinctive purple circle of
