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Krill, whales and poo power

At the end of the day, who doesn’t like a good poo story (especially when it's about poo from the largest animal on Earth)!

Healthy diets, healthy planet: it is possible

The food we eat and the way we produce it are causing some pretty big environmental problems. We now have global scientific targets give to all humans a healthy diet without depleting the planet’s resources.

Love fish? Choose a range when selecting seafood.

Our research shows that huge economic and environmental benefits could come from fully using fish now discarded. If all of the edible fish caught was kept and sold, both the sustainability and profitability of fishing would significantly improve.

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Sounds of summer: why are cicadas so loud?

Why are Aussie cicadas so loud on hot, summer days? You’d be screeching too if, after seven years underground, you only had a few weeks to find a mate before you died.

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Our new wellbeing guide… for fur seals

Our new fur seal wellbeing study has lead to changes in ecotourism regulations to protect this important species. Fur real.

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State of the Climate 2018 shows continued warming of climate and oceans

We've released our fifth biennial State of the Climate report with the Bureau of Meteorology.

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Why naming all our mozzies is important for fighting disease

Only half of Australia’s approximately 400 different species of mosquitoes have been scientifically named and described. So how are scientists able to tell the unnamed species apart?

Future foods could make you healthier, and the planet greener

Could future foods such as insects, seaweed and lab-grown meat feed us in both an environmentally sustainable and healthy way?

Here’s the seafood Australians eat (and what we should be eating)

Over 85 per cent of seafood caught in Australia is sustainable. However, just because a fish is sustainably caught, it doesn’t make it the most nutritious and healthy option – and vice versa. We've compared the two to see what seafood is both sustainable and nutritious.

‘Heartbreaking’ discovery of human trash 100km off Tasmanian coastline

Scientists discover birds toying with a party balloon and plastic bottle, with a soft drink can spotted 1,000 metres down on the ocean floor — sights described by researchers as "heartbreaking".

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Curious Kids: How do moths eat our clothes?

Moths aren't the real culprit for those pesky holes in your shirts...

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The dust days aren’t over

We're developing tools to model and predict the occurrence of dust storms so that we can manage the associated risks better in the future.

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