This elaborate carpet python (Morelia spilota) graced the cover of AG 22, Apr–Jun 1991.

This illustration of a Cobb and Co. coach ran in AG 102, Apr–Jun 2011. Established in 1853 by American émigré Freeman Cobb, the most famous of all the Australia’s mail and passenger coaches ran as far as north Queensland by the 1880s.

This menacing magpie (Cracticus tibicen) was part of a feature on dive-bombing birds in issue 96, Oct–Dec 2009.

The AE2 was an Australian submarine hit by a Turkish torpedo in World War I. A team of divers conducted some research on the wreck in 2007 sponsored by the Australian Geographic Society. This image ran in AG 89, Jan–Mar 2008.

This green turtle hatchling was illustrated for the cover of the 26th issue of AG, Apr–Jun 1992.

An encounter between a dingo and a frill-necked lizard was the cover illustration for AG 27, Jul–Sept 1992.

Of the approximately 75 tick species in Australia, only this one, Ixodes holocyclus, is known to cause paralysis in humans. This image appeared in Close Encounters in AG 94 (Apr–Jun 2009).

This Hercules moth (Coscinocera hercules) was the last in a series of illustrated covers and appeared on issue 83, Jul-Sep 2006.

Issue 111 of AG (Nov–Dec 2012) came with a poster of Australian sharks, including the majestic great white (Carcharodon carcharias).

Leeches (Hirudinea) are sometimes used therapeutically to reduce the incidence of infection and assist in the reattachment of fingers, according to Close Encounters in AG 87 (Jul–Sep 2007).

This anatomical illustration demonstrates that a camel’s hump is not a reservoir of water, but a store of fat that helps regulate the anima’s body temperature. It appeared in AG 33, Jan–Mar 1994.

The frill-necked lizard (Chlamydosaurus kingii) was the cover illustration for issue 19 of AG, Jul–Sep 1990.

The western pebble-mound mouse (Pseudomys chapmani) can move pebbles that weigh half the mouse’s own bodyweight, according to the Outback Olympians poster in AG 59, Jul–Sep 2000.

The Blue Mountains tree frog (Litoria citropa), native to the coastal and highland areas of eastern Australia, was illustrated for the cover of AG 78, Apr–Jun 2005.

A pair of common wombats (Vombatus ursinus) appeared on the cover of AG 30, Apr–Jun 1993.

This galah (Eolophus roseicapilla) was part of the Cockatoos of Australia poster in issue 80 of AG, Oct–Dec 2005.

This blotched bluetongue lizard (Tiliqua nigrolutea), a species that can often be seen basking on rocks and roads in southeastern Australia, appeared in Nature Watch in issue 90, Apr–June 2008.

The mountain pygmy possum (Burramys parvus) was illustrated for the cover of AG’s 100th issue, Oct–Dec 2010.