Red Handfish: The red handfish is found on shallow rocky reefs in only a few locations in south- eastern Tasmania. […]
By Steve Morton, Honorary Fellow CSIRO, Andy Sheppard, Theme Leader, Biodiversity CSIRO, and Mark Lonsdale, Chief of Ecosystem Sciences CSIRO […]
Sightings of balls of lightning have been made for centuries around the world – usually the size of a grapefruit […]
We also know termites as ‘white ants’, and the similarities with ants are obvious: they have no wings, live together […]
By Lisa Harvey-Smith, CSIRO Today, after several years of design and construction, CSIRO’s Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder (ASKAP) is […]
I imagine this little octopus likes to bop around the Pacific and Indian oceans to Beyoncé’s cuz if you liked […]
High up on a cliff in Daylesford, Victoria, construction of the first CSIRO tested bushfire resistant house is now underway. […]
By Kim Pullen – Australian National Insect Collection The vast majority of insects may not affect us in ways we observe […]
CSIRO scientists have discovered how mosquitoes develop viral immunity, potentially leading to improved vaccines, and other control measures, for mosquito-borne […]
By Stefan Hajkowicz, CSIRO This article is part of The Conversation’s series on megatrends. What are the compelling economic, social, […]
By Megan Clark, CSIRO If hindsight is such a wonderful thing, surely foresight would be better. What if we could […]
Australia is home to over 600,000 species, many of which are found nowhere else in the world. Sadly, we also […]
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