In the Pilbara region of Western Australia lives the western pebble mouse ( Pseudomys chapmani ), a rarely seen rodent that excavates a complex subterranean burrow system in the rocky substrate. These tunnels are topped with distinctive “fortress-style” pebble mounds composed of thousands of excavated pebbles that likely persist on this arid landscape for hundreds to thousands of years. Although their exact function remains unknown, they are thought to protect the mice from extreme desert...

The Cape dune mole-rat, Bathyergus suillus is the largest of the African mole-rats in the family Bathyergidae. It is a truly subterranean...

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