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10/11/2026

07/11/2026

Australia just added a brand new species to its wildlife roster, and it’s smaller than your phone. 🐭

Yes, really. Scientists have confirmed the Arnhem Plateau planigale as a species new to science, found in the Northern Territory.

Picture a mouse-sized predator with a flat head, built to slip into tiny cracks in rocks and soil. That’s basically a secret agent of the outback.

Here’s the twist. Despite looking like a mouse, planigales aren’t rodents at all. They’re marsupials, and they’re more closely related to quolls and Tasmanian devils.

These tiny hunters squeeze into narrow gaps to catch insects, spiders, and other small critters hiding in the dark. Think of them as the ultimate bug-hunting ninjas.

Now the “wait, what?!” part. Many of these species look almost identical to each other. Scientists often need DNA analysis to figure out that they’re actually different animals.

That means a species can hide in plain sight for ages. This little marsupial might have been there all along, just waiting for someone to look closer.

So what’s the takeaway? Australia’s wildlife is still full of surprises, and even animals as small as a mouse can rewrite the textbooks. Keep your eyes on the cracks in the rocks, because you never know who’s hiding in there. 🦘🪨

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07/11/2026

🪺 Animals started moving in within hours.

In 2024, a construction project called Inland Rail installed 18 artificial 3D printed nesting hollows along a road in Victoria, Australia, to replace the natural tree hollows that had been disturbed by the works.

The hollows were designed for crimson rosellas, turquoise parrots, sugar gliders and brush-tailed phascogales. The team tested three different materials: 3D printed wood, mycelium (fungus roots) and hempcrete.

Cameras inside the hollows send real-time alerts whenever an animal moves in.

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