These range from the familiar kangaroos, wallabies, birds, eucalypts and wattles to myriads of tiny insects, grasses, mosses, lichens, mushrooms and toadstools. Our coasts and seas are home to many other kinds of living things, including whales and other marine mammals, seabirds , fish, shellfish, algae and seagrasses. All of these living things and the communities they live in make up the State's natural biodiversity.
Many kinds still remain to be discovered and described.
Over the last 200 years many non-native plants and animals have escaped to the wild. These weeds and feral pests can be a serious threat to the natural biodiversity. On this site you will see examples of South Australian plants and animals, and have access to lists and maps of where they are found in nature. For the more adventurous there is help to identify some plants and animals you may find in the bush.