by Paula Peeters | Feb 15, 2026 | A cartoon guide to Australian Ecology, Tales of science
A post inspired by, and starring some of the charismatic parrots who are my neighbours: the Sulphur-crested Cockatoo, Yellow-tailed Black-cockatoo and Pale-headed Rosella. With a cameo by the Long-billed Corella. The evolution of the parrot beak was a major innovation...
by Paula Peeters | Feb 2, 2026 | A cartoon guide to Australian Ecology, Wildlife illustration
Australia has an extraordinary diversity of Eucalyptus trees, and they naturally grow in a wide variety of shapes and sizes. Here’s a few I’ve been lucky enough to meet, and some thoughts on why they might grow like they do. Of course ecology is always...
by Paula Peeters | Dec 1, 2025 | A cartoon guide to Australian Ecology, Cartoon, Tales of science
Forget about bees’ knees, what about bird knees? Bird leg anatomy is often misunderstood, but helpful to know, especially for artists. The bone names are -Thigh = FemurShin = Tibia & fibula in humans; tibiotarsus in birdsFoot = Tarsals & metatarsals in...
by Paula Peeters | Mar 25, 2024 | Cartoons, Wildlife illustration
Two new designs have just been added to my Redbubble store: ‘Magpie studies’ and ‘Australian kin’. ‘Australian kin’ (above) represents a partial family tree of some of our Australian animal relatives. It’s based on our...
by Paula Peeters | Apr 5, 2023 | A cartoon guide to Australian Ecology
Welcome to the first issue of A cartoon guide to Australian Ecology. In this blog series I’ll explore ecological patterns and processes big and small, using science and my own personal journey to tell the story, all through the visual language of cartoons....
