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The leopard cat, Prionailurus bengalensis, is slender cat-size felid with luxurious tawny rosette-spotted fur with white underbelly...

Commonly referred to as ‘sea cows’, dugongs are gentle giants which feed on seagrasses which grow along shallow coastlines of the...

Meet the corn snake Pantherophis guttatus! This snake unfortunately resembles the venomous copperhead and is often killed as a result of...

The roan antelope, Hippotragus equinus, is a member of the horse-like antelope tribe Hippotragini (híppos means horse in Greek). One of...

The humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) are one of the larger rorquals, members of the Balaenopteridae family that includes the...

We’re excited to announce that Australia’s largest freshwater fish, the iconic Murray cod (Maccullochella peelii), has been added to DNA...

The common name for Eulemur collaris, is debatable. They're sometimes known as the red collared lemur, the collared brown lemur, or even...

Superb starlings (Lamprotornis superbus) really are as impressive as their name suggests. Their shimmering, iridescent green and blue...

The Northern quoll (Dasyurus hallucatus) is the smallest of the four Australian quoll species with adults weighing around 0.5-1 kg (males...

One of the largest bat species in the world, the Indian flying fox (Pteropus medius aka Pteropus giganteus) can have wingspans of 1.2 -...

The sable, Martes zibellina, is an active and agile predator slightly smaller than a house cat. It has excellent hearing and vision...

Pygmy sperm whales (Kogia breviceps) are named after a waxy substance known as spermaceti found in their heads. It is this oil sac that...

The eastern quoll (Dasyurus viverrinus), formerly known as the eastern native cat is a medium-sized carnivorous marsupial found only in...

Next to the blue whale, the fin whale is the second-largest mammal in the world. Unlike blue whales, fin whales have pointed heads and...

Meet the largest living fish in the ocean, the whale shark (Rhincodon typus) growing up to 12 metres long! Whale shark is the sole member...

Today, we catch up with our 250th chromosome-length genome assembly release with a batch raw data submission to SRA! Check out the DNA...

Gray seals (Halichoerus grypus) are sometimes called "horseheads" because of their large, curved noses. The male nose is so distinctive...

The Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii), now listed as endangered, is a carnivorous marsupial. The size of a small dog, the Tasmanian...

The species name for the Clymene dolphin, Stenella clymene, likely was inspired by the water nymph daughter of the Titan Oceanus, also...

The critically endangered Gilbert's potoroo or Ngilkat (Potorous gilbertii) is believed to be Australia's rarest mammal and the world’s...

The Guinea baboon, Papio papio, is one of the smallest of all baboon species. While male Guinea baboons are larger than their female...

The agile gibbon, Hylobates agilis, is a species of Old-World primate also known as the black-handed gibbon. It is found in Sumatra...

Found in the upper Amazon rainforests of southern Colombia, eastern Peru, western Brazil, and northern Bolivia, the Goeldi's marmoset or...

Seba's short-tailed bats (Carollia perspicillata) are a member of the Phyllostomidae family, or New World leaf-nosed bats. Their unique...

Guadalupe fur seals (Arctocephalus townsendi) are members of the “eared seal” family. Their breeding grounds are almost entirely on...