Koala in the Great Otway National Park, Australia Sep 30, 2025

Koala in the Great Otway National Park, Australia

Amid the lush eucalyptus canopy of Great Otway National Park, koalas reign as sleepy sentinels of Australia"s wild soul. Often misnamed "koala bears," these marsupials are actually closer to wombats and tend to be instantly recognizable by their stout, tailless bodies, fluffy ears, and velvety black noses.

© Jamie Lamb - elusive-images.co.uk/Getty Images

palette

Today in History

Sep 30, 2018Aw shucks, it’s oyster season in Galway
Sep 30, 2019Wheels up in Beijing
Sep 30, 2020All eyes on moths
Sep 30, 2021Global commerce in motion
Sep 30, 2022Southern right whale
Sep 30, 2023Shenandoah National Park, Virginia
Sep 30, 2024Walruses in Svalbard, Norway

More Desktop Wallpapers:

Nov 30, 2021Giving Tuesday
Sep 18, 2018A red knot on the Shetland Islands, Scotland
Dec 16, 2019Cape Town at dusk
Mar 17, 2019St. Patrick’s Day in Ireland
Mar 17, 2024St. Patricks Day
Oct 22, 2023Astoria-Megler Bridge, Oregon
May 14, 2021A misty morning in Brazil
Oct 7, 2024Elbphilharmonie concert hall in Hamburg, Germany
Feb 11, 2018Te Rewa Rewa Bridge near New Plymouth, New Zealand
Mar 8, 2024International Womens Day
Oct 30, 2018A species worth defending
Dec 24, 2021Smoking nights in Austria
Jan 20, 2026Penguin Awareness Day
Apr 6, 2021On the rebirth of the Olympic Games
Sep 13, 2020Super sandy Sweet 16
Oct 13, 2018‘Hello’ from zero degrees longitude
Jun 6, 2021On this shore, history was made
Oct 20, 2025International Sloth Day
Mar 25, 2018Jan van Eyckplein in Bruges, Belgium
Feb 24, 2020Wind horses carry wishes for a new year
Feb 22, 2022Twosday
Feb 1, 2024Black History Month
Sep 30, 2022Southern right whale
Apr 17, 2020It s a ruff life
Oct 4, 2021Hey neighbor, it s World Space Week!
Sep 10, 2024Vasco da Gama Bridge, Lisbon, Portugal
Jan 22, 2020A horse of many colors
Jan 12, 2018Al-Khazneh in Petra, Jordan
Aug 12, 2024World Elephant Day
Jan 13, 2023Giant kelp in the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary