by Peter Rowland | Thursday, November 12, 2020
Grey Teal Scientific Name: Anas gibberfrons Size: 40 to 48 cm What does it look like? The Grey Teal is almost all grey-brown. Each feather of the body is edged with buff, except on the rump. The chin and throat are white, the bill is dark blue grey and the eye is red....
by Peter Rowland | Tuesday, October 27, 2020
Hard Ticks (Family: Ixodidae) Hard ticks are parasites that feed on the blood of their hosts. Of the 70 species described in Australia, 56 are hard ticks and 14 are soft ticks (family Argasidae), and around 16 of them are known to feed on human blood, however, over...
by Peter Rowland | Tuesday, October 27, 2020
Hydrozoans (Class: Hydrozoa) A diverse group of cnidarians (jellyfish, corals, hydras, sea anemones, sea ferns and related organisms), that inhabit both marine and freshwater environments, and can be colonial (mostly) or solitary in nature. They are mostly...
by Peter Rowland | Wednesday, October 21, 2020
Insects (Class: Insecta) An incredibly diverse assemblage of animals and the most numerous multicellular organisms on the planet, with over 1 million species currently identified. Adults have 3 pairs of legs and a 3 part segmented body, consisting of a head, thorax...
by Peter Rowland | Tuesday, October 20, 2020
Koala Scientific Name: Phascolarctos cinereus Size: 680-820 mm TL (size decreases south to north) What does it look like? The Koala is a stocky, arboreal marsupial, with thick greyish fur (shorter and paler in north, and longer and more brownish in south). Ears round...
