That Bird That Leads You To Honey
There's a bird in Africa that actually guides people to beehives, like a daft little tour guide who wants his cut.Read More 
The Hagfish That Smothers Enemies With Slime And Knots
A jawless, eel-shaped recluse defends itself by pumping enormous quantities of slime into a predator's gills and then ties itself into knots like a prim, indignant mariner.Read More 
The Toad That Grows Babies On Her Back
This frog turns her skin into a nursery: eggs are pressed into her back, she grows pockets, and fully formed toadlets crawl out when they are ready.Read More 
Thorny Devil Drinks With Its Skin
Darling, this prickly Aussie lizard channels dew and rain across its body like a built-in straw and engineers have been taking notes.Read More 
Those Dolphins That Wear Sponges - Properly Clever
In Shark Bay some bottlenose dolphins jam a marine sponge on their rostrum, go rooting for dinner and teach their kids the trick like it's family gossip.Read More 
The Shark That Time Forgot
Picture a fish that treats a 400th birthday like a Tuesday - Greenland sharks can live nearly four centuries and only reach proper adulthood at about 150.Read More 
Spotted Hyenas: The Ladies Who Mean Business
Meet the hyena females who pee, mate and give birth through a showy faux-penis and run the joint-ruthless, regal, and oddly elegant.Read More 
Mima Mounds: The Gopher Conspiracy
A neat army of circular earth hummocks baffled geologists for centuries; the leading suspect now happens to be an overambitious burrowing rodent.Read More 
Kea The Alpine Car Vandals
These clever New Zealand parrots treat rubber seals and windscreen wipers like a late-night snack and absolutely mean it.Read More 
Leafcutter Ants Run A Tiny Pharmacy
They cut leaves, grow a fungal crop for dinner, and carry antibiotic-making bacteria like a workman keeps a can of WD-40 - proper organised, innit.Read More 