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Everyday AI: How artificial intelligence is helping conservation

From identifying birds in the bush to helping locate destructive crown-of-thorns starfish in the Great Barrier Reef, find out how AI is being used in conservation.

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Meet Ethan Towns: Bringing Indigenous perspectives to science

Ethan Towns on becoming the LGBTQIA+ role model he never had and infusing Indigenous science into his research.

Our innovative science behind the headlines

Our innovations, from fast Wi-Fi to predicting bushfires, were once considered impossible. Until someone, just like you, joined us and took on the challenge.

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Meet the stars of the first coin of 2023

We’ve collaborated with the Royal Australian Mint to develop a coin design featuring our research vessel Investigator and deep sea creatures.

Help invertebrates through citizen science

Out and about or staying at home this summer? Become a citizen scientist and help Aussie invertebrates.

Hunting for rare flies in remote public toilets

Clisa australis is a rare, distinctive-looking Australian fly. It lives with bats, likes pit toilets and had been missing for 30 years.

Plastic munching microbes for biorecycling

Microbial communities already treat the food waste in your compost bin. In the future, could they treat your plastic waste too?

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Safe ways to keep flies and mosquitoes at bay

From mosquitoes to bush flies, some members of the fly family are not welcome guests this summer.

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Science never stops: our people keep things running over the break

The science must go on! From caring for algae to monitoring the skies, our scientists will be working as hard as Santa's elves this Christmas.

Happy holly days! Meet our 12 species of Christmas

From holly to Christmas beetles, meet these 12 species of Christmas that remind us of the holiday season in Australia.

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Rare orchids added to the Red List

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species has added 23 threatened orchids from Australia.

Australian-first nappy recycling trial

We’re partnering with Kimberly Clark Australia on the Nappy Loop Project to deliver a solution for Australia to help reduce waste in the nappy industry.