Nature

The Spotted-tailed Quoll is the second largest carnivorous marsupial in Australia after the Tasmanian Devil.

Polar bears are the world’s largest land carnivores and apex predators, inhabiting the Arctic sea ice. Photo: Hans-Jurgen Mager

The Australasian gannet, also known as the Australian gannet, is a large seabird of the booby and gannet family. Photo: Dan Broun

There are nine species of fur seals in the world, and the Australian fur seal is the largest of them. Photo: Warwick Berry

Young Leadbeaters possum by Dan Harley. Source: leadbeaters.org.au

The yellow-throated honeyeater is a bird endemic to Tasmania, distinguished by its bright yellow throat. Picture by: Kim Murray

The Tasmanian pademelon is a small wallaby that inhabits the dense forests of Tasmania. Picture: Dan Broun

This little penguin, also known as the fairy penguin, weigh just under one kilogram. Adorably awkward on land, but a skilled predator in the sea, this cute little creature can be found in New Zealand and the southern coast of Australia. Image: Dr Eric Woehler

The hooded plover is a small shorebird endemic to southern and eastern Australia that lives and nests on ocean beaches. Picture: Kim Murray

This small marsupial was once common on mainland Australia, but were hunted to extinction by feral cats. It’s now only found wild in Tasmania. 

The Tasmanian Devil, the largest carnivorous marsupial in the world, is a true icon for the Tasmanian state. 

The brush-tailed possum is a nocturnal marsupial native to Australia, with soft grey fur, a bushy tail, and large eyes adapted for night vision. Picture: Phill Pullinger