Australia and Oceania

No, not because it begins with “x”.

A shark that acts like a whale gets the worst of both worlds. Sigh.

No, I haven’t run out of ideas.

Auto-tuned by evolution.

…You mean Hollywood lied to us?!

The umbrella conger eel doesn’t look like its name, but it’s well covered. From scrutiny, anyway.

The tuatara’s ancestors survived the dinosaurs, the comet, and the Ice Age. So losing to rats is just embarrassing.

Wait! Before you spray me for slicing up your roses, there’s something you should know. I know the life of …

There are few cooler ways to discover new lands than on the back of a dolphin. That’s what happened in …

In my time, the Earth and everything on it was perfect. Well I think so. My equivalent of your rock …

During a recent stay at London Zoo’s (awesome) Gir Lion Lodge, I asked the tour guides what their weirdest animal …

The grey bottlenose may steal the limelight, but the striped dolphin has some tricks and kinks of its own. In …

It seems a bit unfair calling this a “rat-tail” fish when it clearly just has a thin, tapering tail. But …

Have you ever played that game Scattergories and had to think of an animal beginning with “n”? When everyone else …

Its other names range from the cool ”fire fish” and “fan dancer” to the decidedly rubbish “turkeyfish”, but the PR’s …

Just to get this out of the way: yes, it’s actually called that, and yes, it lives near Cape “Horn” …

Bug + hair = worst possible combination in nature, but it’s not as horrifying as it sounds. We’re not talking about …

The blue-tailed skink says “hi!” from Christmas Island! Rather than partying in the wild like the famous Christmas Island crabs, …

A “dragon” that fits in your hand is awesome by default. It’s only been found in two areas so far, …

Clocking 48kmh (30mph) or more is pretty impressive for the ninth largest living animal, and handy if some orcas come …