Strange organisms are thriving on the floors of Australia’s wet temperate forests…and they’re a lot smarter than they look.

From deadly snakes and spiders to the box jellyfish and blue-ringed octopus, Australia’s legendary range of venomous creatures is being celebrated as a potentially rich source of new drugs and disease treatments.

Pygmy-possums are arguably Australia’s most adorable marsupials, with their curly tails and soft-looking bellies. Here’s your chance to get to know them better.

The peacock mantis shrimp is beautiful, deadly, and has more tricks up its sleeve than a Bond villain.

Looking like something straight out of Alien, this egg casing is a nursery for hundreds of precious seashells.

Australia’s global reputation as a haven for venomous creatures is well deserved. But would you know which should be most feared? Here’s our list of 10 of the most deadly.