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These images appear in J. D. Hooker’s work after the Transit of Venus expedition to Kerguelen islands in 1874-1875, recounting the species described through all expeditions to date. Hooker himself visited the islands with Ross expedition of 1839-1843. www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50570544

Happy Marsupial Monday! We love a #TreeKangaroo, & Bennett’s tree-kangaroo is a special one. With a small range in Northern Qld, this is an elusive creature with a large leap. This image appeared in the 1894 Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30982782

This #FloralFriday we’re feeling a bit spooky—it is Halloween after all! These images come from “The weeds, poison plants, and naturalized aliens of Victoria” (1909) by Alfred Ewart . The “apple of Sodom”, thorn apple (or jimsonweed) and hemlock are all poisonous.

This #ThreatenedThursday join us in admiring the black-footed tree rat! One of Australia’s endemic rodents, this little critter is found in northern Australia. Vulnerable throughout its range, this rodent—also known as Djintamoonga—is endangered in the NT. www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49706007

This #MarsupialMonday we’re pleased to bring another common possum to the fore: the common brushtail possum, or 𝘛𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘶𝘴 𝘷𝘶𝘭𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘢—aka the possum you’ve most likely heard on your roof or seen ravaging your fruit trees. www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53742445

Do you love insects? Then you’ll love “An epitome of the natural history of the insects of New Holland, New Zealand, New Guinea, Otaheite, and other islands in the Indian, Southern, and Pacific oceans”, or "Donovan’s Epitome of the insects of New Holland"! www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52221720

Weekends are for lounge #lizards! We love “The Lizards of Australian and New Zealand in the collection of the British Museum” 🦎 by British zoologist John Edward Gray with lithographs by Charles Joseph Hullmandel. ➡️ www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/64095425 Via Museums Vic

We’re hopping with excitement as we wish you a happy #WorldKangarooDay! This particular Kangaroo is found in George Shaw’s “Naturalist’s Miscelleny,” which was published in instalments from 1789 -1813. This image by Nodder comes from volume one! www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/59891600

It’s #WorldWombatDay! We’re extremely fond of these marsupials around here and happy for any opportunity to celebrate them. Whether it’s a common wombat, a hairy-nosed wombat or a bare-nosed wombat, we think they’re all neat. Thus, behold an array of wombat illustrations!

New this week! Have you ever wondered limnologists get up to? We’ve got answers! We’re welcoming our newest contributor! We’re pleased to be digitising the bulletins of the Australian Freshwater Sciences Society starting with combined Bulletin No 1 & 2. www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/65164158

Did someone say #MarsupialMonday? We present the common ringtail #possum: we especially love a prehensile tail! With a large range up and down Australia’s east coast, they have a healthy population but are not as widespread as the common brushtail possum. www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14299886

As you flutter into the weekend, enjoy this illustration by the Scott sisters. This image accompanies their father’s work “Australian lepidoptera and their transformations” & shows the Papilio sthenelus and the Graphium macleayanus. www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35801350 Via Aus museum

VICTOR! Are you celebrating the Tawny Frogmouth with us? After being overlooked for so long, this lovely muppet is our Bird of the Year! Via Gould’s “Birds of Australia” & Mathews’s “The Birds of Australia” www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48200504 www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53451225

This week our BHL Australia collection surpassed 700,000 pages! A huge thank you to the 64 Australian orgs who've allowed us to upload their collections online, and to #AtlasofLivingAustralia for funding @bhl-au.bsky.social and to #MuseumsVictoria for hosting our national digitisation lab. 🧪 📖 🌱 🌏 🦘

Happy #MarsupialMonday! We’re digging the #MarsupialMole this week. Marsupial moles are still quite mysterious to us—field studies have not been abundant. They dig through sand, but beyond their terrain we don't yet know much about their life underground. www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15044017

It’s #WorldAlgaeDay! What better day to celebrate the work of Irish phycologist William Henry Harvey. These images are drawn from the first volume of Harvey’s “Phycologia Australica”. To compile his works, Harvey travelled the world collecting specimens. www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3809423

We love a menagerie! William Saville-Kent’s “The Great Barrier Reef of Australia” is a trove of photographs & vibrant lithographs. Tumbling all these echinoderms together creates a kaleidoscopic effect that reflects the biodiversity present on the reef! www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10698195

Happy #SquidAndCuttlefishDay! We love checking in on McCoy’s “Prodromus of the zoology of Victoria” for images like these of the Australian giant cuttlefish. These images don’t, however, capture the cuttlefish’s ability to change colour & patterns quickly. www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5220064

Tonight we observe #NautilusNight! This image features the Nautilus pompilius which can be found near reefs in Australia as well as in sites in Micronesia and Japan. The beauty of their shells puts them at risk: they are threatened due to overfishing. www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40430192

Did you know that BHL has #FullTextSearch? You can search for scientific names, places, etc, but you can also find all the things that "Alfred Russell Wallace" found "delicious" in his travels (search for "delicious" and then narrow search results by author). #ILoveBHL www.biodiversitylibrary.org 🧪

We’re back on the Ross Expedition to meet the Leopard Seal! Expect to find more leopard seals in the Antarctic than in Australia—they are pagophilic—but vagrants do stray north into Southern Australian waters. www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6957532 Contributed by to BHL by MBLWHOI library

Happy #WorldOctopusDay! Alongside the Octopus Furvus, this illustration shows the Octopus Tetricus—the common Sydney octopus or “Gloomy” octopus. This octopus ranges along the eastern coastline of Australia and can also be found in Northern New Zealand. www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32033245

New this week! Among our recent uploads to BHL are the 1953-1955 volumes of the “Records of the South Australian Museum”. Included here is the introduction of the spotted stingaree to the scientific record by Trevor Scott in 1954. www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/65114357

We’re hopping into #MarsupialMonday to appreciate the agile #wallaby 𝘕𝘰𝘵𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘶𝘴 𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘴. A resident of Australia’s north, this wallaby can also be found in southern New Guinea. www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62576010 Contributed to BHL Australia by Museums Victoria

We love “Harmonia ruralis” by #JamesBolton (1735-1799), an English naturalist & illustrator. Here focuses on the songbirds of Britain and their nests and eggs. His primary interest was fungi, but this late work was popular enough to be reprinted. ➡️ www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/63894402

This #FloralFriday we’re admiring the botanical observations of the Ross Expedition in “The Botany of the Antarctic Voyage of H. M. discovery ships Erebus and Terror in the years 1839-1843” by Joseph Dalton Hooker, illustrated by W. H. Fitch. ➡️ www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13448423

This #ThreatenedThursday we're highlighting the Norfolk Island golden whistler (#2). In 2005, it was estimated there were 535 breeding pairs. This small population & restricted range leave the subspecies vulnerable to shifts in environmental conditions. www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45925327

October is #BatAppreciationMonth! In that vein, meet the #GhostBat! The ghost bat preys on large vertebrates including birds, reptiles and other mammals—it is the only Australian bat to do so! www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28522650 Via the Natural History Museum Library, London