

Splendid Fairy Wren - Malurus splendens
The Splendid Fairy Wren might be the prime of the crop of all Australia's myriad fairy wren species, which is quite significant given so...


7 Years of Black-flanked Rock Wallabies
Ever since I've had a heart (about age 14), I've loved rock wallabies. It's become a habit. When I travel to a new place, the souvenir I...


Squirrel Glider - Petaurus norfolcencis
The Squirrel Glider was the result of trying to militarise marsupials and distract dogs at the same time. They only managed to distract...


Glossy Black-Cockatoo - Calyptorhynchus lathami
Glossy Black-Cockatoos are the smallest black cockatoo species, so they're a minority both in the cultural and biomass sense of the word....


A Pretty Short Thinkpiece on Wildlife Films
I was thirteen and still reeling from Michael Bay’s terrific ‘Transformers’ film, when the blinding heavenly light of David...


Brush-tailed Rock Wallaby - Petrogale penicillata
I'M BACK SWISH SWISH BISH I'm With A Vengeance back with a vengeance to write about brush-tailed rock wallabies with a vengeance....


Brush-tailed Rock Wallaby - Petrogale penicillata
Disclaimer: If this is the first of multiple posts about this species, you have my first of multiple insincere apologies for it. The...


Koala - Phascolarctos cinereus
The last post on Greater Gliders got me thinking about appendices and how as an animal, a glider's is really long, but it's interesting...


Greater Glider - Petauroides volans
The Greater Glider is at the centre of a lot of controversy regarding ontological worth at the moment. What makes it 'greater'? Is it...


Powerful Owl - Ninox strenua
This is Gerald. He is a Powerful Owl chick. Gerald bobs his head from side-to-side looking at the forest floor, because if you had a neck...