Great crested grebe in breeding plumage in morning mist.

Great crested grebe in breeding plumage in morning mist.Great crested grebe in breeding plumage in morning mist. Coorong National Park, South Australia, Australia.

These bones differ enormously in size but serve the same purpose

The ability to colonise every niche is typical of plants in Australia's harsh climate

A group of Australian pelicans sitting in water and flapping wings

and care for one another

Eastern dwarf tree frog on thumb

of eastern gray kangaroos (Macropus giganteus)

Portrait of an endangered Australian sea lion sleeping in the sand

Ningaloo Reef

Portrait of a young endangered predator

D'Entrecasteaux Islands

Hwange National Park

and their tails when swishing at incessant insect hordes