Juergen Freund / Flock of Budgerigars (Melopsittacus undulatus ) drinking in an outback dam, Northern Territory, Australia.

Juergen Freund / Paddy melon (Cucumis myriocarpus) growing in red sand dunes of the outback. It is a prostrate or climbing annual herb occurs in southern Africa and is a weed in Australia, South Australia, Australia

Andy Rouse / Common wallaroo (Macropus robustus) hopping in late sunlight, Sal Salis, Ningaloo Reef, Cape Range National Park, Western Australia

Andy Rouse / Common wallaroo (Macropus robustus) in late sunlight, Sal Salis, Ningaloo Reef, Cape Range National Park, Western Australia

Juergen Freund / Researchers Guido and Katja Westhoff work in a mobile lab in the bush. To handle the deadly Common death adder (Acanthophis antarcticus) Guido puts the head and upper portion of the snake in a plastic...

Juergen Freund / Researcher Guido Westhoff handling a curl snake (Suta suta) caught earlier in Corella Dam. Queensland, Australia, February 2008. Model released.

Juergen Freund / Black-headed python (Aspidites melanocephalus) perched on a tree branch overlooking the Australian outback. Queensland, Australia, February

Juergen Freund / Olive python (Liasis olivaceus) perched on top of a termite mound. Many pythons shelter in hollow termite mounds when not hunting. Queensland, Australia, February

Juergen Freund / Lightning storm over the Australian outback at dusk. Queensland, Australia, February 2008

Jouan & Rius / Outback landscape, Central Desert, South Australia, Australia

Juergen Freund / Bushfire in the outback. Derby, Western Australia

WILLIAM OSBORN / Australian outback scenic - The Channel Country, far western Queensland, South Australia