The Zapata Sparrows Go House Hunting
Estate agent: Ah, Mr. and Mrs. Cuban Sparrow! Female: Er, Zapata Sparrow? Estate agent: Yes yes of course! Do come …
North America
Ribbon Seal Ribs on a High Arctic Horror
Ribbon seal: Well that movie wasn’t scary. Ringed seal: What?! I’m white as a pup! I won’t get any sleep …
The Summer Romance of a Leaf-cutter Bee
Wait! Before you spray me for slicing up your roses, there’s something you should know. I know the life of …
Kodiak Bear? Book a Staycation on Kodiak Island!
We’re teeming with salmon, lush grass, juicy berries, and absolutely no mainland grizzlies. The world’s biggest land predator* deserves no …
The Eastern Hognosed Skunk Goes For Your Vanity
It has a weirdly bare snout, but the eastern hognosed skunk still has the black and white uniform and violent …
Position: Forest Keeper. Candidate: Baird’s Tapir.
Interviewer 3: She’s late. Did she get lost in the jungle? Interviewer 2: [sighs] There aren’t that many pot plants …
Is Amarok Really Such a Big Bad Wolf?
Ahh, a giant wolf legend. This is going to go well, isn’t it? Actually, if you have sick caribou, bullies …
Reasons Why Yesterday’s Camel Looks Bewildered
My mind cracked apart like the continents when I read camels were from North America. But the drooping, slightly disappointed …
The Xerces Blue is Not Impressed With You
If your species has a royal name, start looking over your shoulder. Named after the Persian kings of 5th Century …
The Volcano Rabbit Needs a Bunny Boom
Welcome to Opposite World, where rabbits are in one place rather than everywhere, on volcanoes instead of plains, and said …
Unescoceratops. Because “Dinosaur-Provincial-Park-a-Ceratops” Was Too Long
This little dino has a big name on its shoulders. Which is impressive since it doesn’t even have any. Well …
Streaking, Acrobatics, and Organised Debauchery: Just Another Day For a Striped Dolphin!
The grey bottlenose may steal the limelight, but the striped dolphin has some tricks and kinks of its own. In …
If the Rat-Tail Fish Can Survive Hell, It Can Survive the Unfortunate Name
It seems a bit unfair calling this a “rat-tail” fish when it clearly just has a thin, tapering tail. But …
It’s All Colours, Tents and “Beer” for the Kamehameha Butterfly
Want to help a bug in the “extinction capital of the world”? Make it the state insect. That’s surprisingly easy …
No One Knows Why the Jamaican Flower Bat is Wilting
The “Jamaican flower” part inspires beautiful beaches, cartoonishly blue skies, lush palm trees and blazing colours. Too bad this bat …
Don’t Worry, Furry Lobster Won’t Give You a Bear Hug
Bug + hair = worst possible combination in nature, but it’s not as horrifying as it sounds. We’re not talking about …
The Dusky Hummingbird Has a Veil of Mystery
The first time I saw a hummingbird, the impossible flitting of its wings sucked the breath from my chest. These …
Xantic Sargo
It might sound like a make of car, but it’s actually a fish. It does have a cool racing stripe …
Vaejovis intermedius
Clubbing with a scorpion would be awesome. They glow under UV lights, know how to dance (they specialise in promenade …
Teleoceras
We know what it looked like, what it ate, and maybe even how it lived. How did we find out? …
