Ingo Arndt / Green tree ant (Oecophylla smaragdina) group on entrance from nest, built from woven leaves, Northern Territory, Kakadu National Park, Australia.

Alex Mustard / Spotted handfish (Brachionichthys hirsutus) portrait, Derwent River estuary, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia

Alex Mustard,Alex Mustard / Portrait of a Yellow moray eel (Gymnothorax prasinus) - endemic to SE Australia. Chowder Bay, Sydney Harbour, New South Wales, Australia.

Inaki Relanzon / Australian Sea Lion (Neophoca cinerea) sitting on beach with one flipper up, Seal Bay Conservation Park, Kangaroo Island, South Australia State, Australia.

Ashley Cooper / Kinglake, one of the communities worst affected by the catastrophic 2009 Australian Bush fires in the state of Victoria in which 173 people were killed. Victoria, Australia. February 2010.

Ashley Cooper / Burnt forest at Kinglake, one of the communities worst affected by the catastrophic 2009 Australian Bush Fires in the state of Victoria in which 173 people were killed. Victoria, Australia. February 2...

Ashley Cooper / Warning Sign in burnt forest near Kinglake, one of the communities worst affected by the catastrophic 2009 Australian Bush Fires in the state of Victoria in which 173 people were killed. Victoria, Au...

Ashley Cooper / Kinglake National Park sign by burnt forest near Kinglake, one of the communities worst affected by the catastrophic 2009 Australian bush fires in the state of Victoria in which 173 people were killed...

Ashley Cooper / Burnt forest near Kinglake, one of the communities worst affected by the catastrophic 2009 Australian Bush Fires in the state of Victoria in which 173 people were killed. Victoria, Australia. February...

Ashley Cooper / Fire restriction sign near Kinglake, one of the communities worst affected by the catastrophic 2009 Australian Bush Fires in the state of Victoria in which 173 people were killed. Victoria, Australia....

Ashley Cooper / One year on from the catastrophic bush fires the residents of Marysville are still living in temporary accomodation after their houses were destroyed in one of the worst affected communities of the ca...

Alex Mustard / A portrait of a horseshoe leatherjacket (Meuschenia hippocrepis) Kangaroo Island, South Australia, Australia. Investigator Strait, Great Australian Bight.

Alex Mustard / A portrait of a Longsnout boarfish (Pentaceropsis recurvirostris) beneath Rapid Bay Jetty, Fleurieu Peninsula, South Australia, Australia. Gulf Saint Vincent.

Alex Mustard / Spotted handfish (Brachionichthys hirsutus) portrait, Derwent River estuary, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia

Alex Mustard / Spotted handfish (Brachionichthys hirsutus) portrait, Derwent River estuary, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia

Alex Mustard / Fronds of bull kelp (Durvillaea potatorum) beneath waves. The Laterns, Tasmania, Australia. Tasman Sea.

Alex Mustard / Gas bladders of a giant kelp plant (Macrocystis pyrifera). Fortescue Bay, Tasmania, Australia. Tasman Sea. This is the same species of giant kelp which is widespread on the Pacific coast of North Amer...

Alex Mustard / A diver photographs in a giant kelp forest (Macrocystis pyrifera). Fortescue Bay, Tasmania, Australia. Tasman Sea. This is the same species of giant kelp which is widespread on the Pacific coast of No...

Alex Mustard / A colourful nudibranch (Tambja verconis) crawls over the seabed. Blairgowrie, Mornington Penisular, Victoria, Australia. Port Philip Bay, Bass Strait.

Alex Mustard / Tassled anglerfish (Rhycherus filamentosus) is almost perfectly camouflaged as it hides amongst marine life, waiting to ambush prey attracted to worm life lure. Blairgowrie, Mornington Penisular, Vict...

Alex Mustard / Brown Sabretooth Blenny (Petroscirtes lupus) in a discarded coke can. Sydney harbour, New South Wales, Australia.

Roland Seitre / Forest surrounding Eyre Bird Observatory , Nullarbor, South West Land Division, Western Australia.

Roland Seitre / Two People's Bay Nature Reserve landscape with coast and sand dunes in the distance, Albany, South West Land Division, Western Australia. January 2012

Roland Seitre / Habitat of Western Ground Parrot (Pezoporus flaviventris) managed by the Western Ground Parrot Project, Two People's Bay Nature Reserve, Albany, South West Land Division, Western Australia.

Tim Laman / Victoria's Riflebird (Ptiloris victoriae) female perched in the rainforest canopy, Atherton Tablelands, Queensland, Australia

Tim Laman / Victoria's Riflebird (Ptiloris victoriae) male performing a spread wings display to try to lure a female down to his perch. Atherton Tablelands, Queensland, Australia.

Tim Laman / Victoria's Riflebird (Ptiloris victoriae) male foraging for insects in the rainforest canopy. Atherton Tablelands, Queensland, Australia

Tim Laman / Victoria's Riflebird (Ptiloris victoriae) male on display perch. Atherton Tableland, Queensland, Australia

Inaki Relanzon / Australian Sea Lion (Neophoca cinerea) lying on beach, Seal Bay Conservation Park, Kangaroo Island, South Australia State, Australia.

Inaki Relanzon / Australian Short-beaked Echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus) rolled in a ball for protection, Kangaroo Island, South Australia State, Australia.

Inaki Relanzon / Australian Short-beaked Echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus) head portrait, Kangaroo Island, South Australia State, Australia.

Inaki Relanzon / Australian Black Swan (Cygnus atratus) head portrait, Bay of Shoals, Kingscote, Kangaroo Island, South Australia State, Australia.

Inaki Relanzon / Australian Black Swan (Cygnus atratus) Bay of Shoals, Kingscote, Kangaroo Island, South Australia State, Australia.

Inaki Relanzon / Australian Pelican (Pelecanus conspicillatus) Bay of Shoals, Kingscote, Kangaroo Island, South Australia State, Australia.

Inaki Relanzon / Australian Pelican (Pelecanus conspicillatus) in flight, Bay of Shoals, Kingscote, Kangaroo Island, South Australia State, Australia.

Inaki Relanzon / Australian Pelican (Pelecanus conspicillatus) in flight, Bay of Shoals, Kingscote, Kangaroo Island, South Australia State, Australia.

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Northern Barred Frog (Mixophyes schevilli) in the rainforest, Kuranda State Forest, Queensland, Australia

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Northern Barred Frog (Mixophyes schevilli) in the rainforest, Kuranda State Forest, Queensland Australia

Doug Gimesy / Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) mother and joey are released by Emily Cordy (left/green clothes) - a Forest and Wildlife officer (and assisted by members from the Australian Defence Force) at Log Cros...

Doug Gimesy / Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) mother and joey are released by Lachlan Clarke (left/green clothes) - a Senior Forest and Wildlife officer (and assisted by members from the Australian Defence Force) )...

Doug Gimesy / Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) mother and joey are released by Emily Cordy (left/green clothes) - a Forest and Wildlife officer (and assisted by members from the Australian Defence Force) at Log Cros...