Redback Spider

Invertebrates > Arachnids

The Redback Spider (Latrodectus hasselti) is Australia’s most infamous and widely recognized venomous arachnid. Belonging to the cosmopolitan cobweb spider family Theridiidae, the Redback is a close relative of the American black widows and the southern African...

Yellow-footed Antechinus

Mammals > Marsupials

The Yellow-footed Antechinus (Antechinus flavipes) is an extraordinarily hyperactive, carnivorous dasyurid marsupial native to the eucalypt forests and open woodlands of Australia. Often colloquially termed the ‘Marsupial Mouse,’ this fierce micro-predator...
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