#Animal Behaviour

An octopus reaches towards the viewer while swimming over a coral reef.

Incredible Invertebrates: From adaptations to discoveries

Recent research from Australian Journal of Zoology, Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria, Marine and Freshwater Research, and Invertebrate Systematics.

Illustration of a lyrebird singing, its song represented by twilring purple lines and quavers. Beneath is a frilled-neck lizard, banjo frog, dingo, gang-gang cockatoo and emu.

Sense-ational Superpowers: Five strange hidden talents of Australian animals

Author Stephanie Owen Reeder shares some of the weird and wonderful superpowers of Australian native animals.

A collage of the four photos from this blog: a bee, a quokka, some ants and a squat lobster.

Four stories of animal behaviour, adaptation and biodiversity

Recent research from Australian Journal of Zoology, International Journal of Wildland Fire, Pacific Conservation Biology and Invertebrate Systematics.

Illustration of seven Australian native wasps all different colours and sizes sitting on green gum leaves against a blue background.

What’s So Wonderful About Australian Native Wasps?

Every creature matters in its own wonderful way, and native wasps are no exception. But in case you need convincing Katrina Germein and Suzanne Houghton will delight, surprise and woo you too in their picture book Wonderful Wasps.

A magpie on a wall outside

Swoop Right Into Our Hearts: Four reasons to love magpies

There are plenty of reasons to barrack for this black and white Australian icon.