Bushfire smoke rising above a group of trees

Bushfire close? Breathe easy with the AirRater app

The AirRater citizen science app is helping to reduce the impact of bushfire smoke on communities – powered by CSIRO’s air quality forecasting tool, AQFx.

Plae green t-shirts on clothes hangers

Dr Xiaoqing Li: Taking the guess work out of sustainable textiles

Xiaoqing Li is researching new ways to trace the origins of fibres so people can buy sustainable textiles and trust where they've come from.

The pandemic’s gardening boom shows how gardens can cultivate public health

As lockdowns went into effect in the spring of 2020, many people took up gardening as a coping mechanism. But will a hobby born out of a crisis recede as life returns to normal?

Are cuckoo eggshells thicker to protect them from their hosts?

Our historical egg collection tells an unexpected story about the evolution of cuckoo eggshells.

Indigenous pathways image of aquaculture.

The Winanga-y way: developing Indigenous pathways

We’re recruiting five Indigenous post-doctoral fellows in the area of agriculture and food.

Moths in the ACT

From parachuting larvae to moths that look like burlesque fans to inchworms crawling on your plants. This new book reveals 700 of the many species of moths you can find in Canberra’s gardens and bushlands.

Deborah Lau's profile on Ending Plastic Waste

Meet Deborah Lau: On a mission to end plastic waste

We meet Dr Deborah Lau who explains that ending plastic waste must start with us reimagining the future of plastic.

A group of penguins walking at night time.

Welcome visitor to purge sea spurge

Have you ever heard of sea spurge? It's bad news for our southern beaches and we're calling on you to help control its spread.

It may not be cute, but here’s why the humble yabby deserves your love

New research investigating yabby diets found just how crucial these crayfish are to aquatic ecosystems.

A photo of different plastic items on a beach.

On a mission to end plastic waste

We’ve taken a pledge to reduce plastic. Our goal is an 80 per cent reduction in plastic waste entering the Australian environment by 2030.

Using AI to keep Australia free from stink bug pests

At our insect collection we are using AI to help detect the Brown Marmorated Stink Bug, a priority insect pest.

Meet Bronwyn Fox: our Chief Scientist

Professor Bronwyn Fox takes up the role as our latest Chief Scientist 30 years after she first joined us as a research assistant.