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 | Jul 16, 2025 | Free downloads and printables, Tales of science, Wildlife illustration
Carnaby’s Black-cockatoo Yay – the next ‘Tree hollows are animal homes’ design is here! Thanks to the WA State Natural Resource Management Program, the Moore Catchment Council, Eucalypt Australia and Iluka, I can now offer you a free poster and...
by Paula Peeters | Jul 10, 2025 | Wildlife illustration
I love fish. If I didn’t have a very strong aversion to cold water, I think I may have become a fish biologist. Anyway, it ended up not to be… but I was thrilled last year when Kevin Warburton from Charles Sturt University asked me to illustrate some fish....
by Paula Peeters | Jul 7, 2025 | Wildlife illustration
I’m very pleased to release 5 new greeting cards for 2025. They all feature birds… seems to be quite a common theme here! …. but one also has a MAMMAL! Yay how exciting. And a marine mammal at that. All cards are $4.60 each, printed in Australia on...
