Monarch Butterfly
Everything about the monarch butterfly: size, migration, milkweed toxicity, metamorphosis, navigation, conservation, and the strange facts that make Danaus plexippus one of the most remarkable insects on Earth.
July 2025
June 2025
Mimic Octopus: Habitat, Size and Behaviour
Everything about the mimic octopus: habitat, diet, behaviour, context-dependent mimicry, reproduction, conservation, and the strange facts that make Thaumoctopus mimicus the only animal known to impersonate more than a dozen species.
January 2025
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
Everything about the eastern tiger swallowtail: size, habitat, caterpillar mimicry, osmeterium defence, female dark morph, hybrids, and the strange facts that make Papilio glaucus one of North America's most recognisable butterflies.
Superb Lyrebird
Everything about the superb lyrebird: size, habitat, mimicry, courtship, tail display, and the strange facts that make Menura novaehollandiae the largest songbird and the finest vocal mimic on Earth.
Sulphur-Crested Cockatoo: A Cognitive Marvel
Everything about the sulphur-crested cockatoo: size, habitat, intelligence, mimicry, bin-opening culture, dancing to music, and the strange facts that make Cacatua galerita one of the most cognitively gifted birds alive.