Assassin bug lures ants to their death

By Kim Pullen – Australian National Insect Collection Ants are everywhere, as most householders and picnickers know all too well. […]

An insect half a metre long – Dinkum!

By Kim Pullen – Australian National Insect Collection Insects come in all shapes. Some are long and thin, others short and […]

Trigonalid wasps: to survive, you must first be eaten

By Kim Pullen – Australian National Insect Collection The edge of a leaf would not normally be a smart place […]

Insect of the week – Cockroach

By Kim Pullen Australian National Insect Collection (Inspired by New South Wales’ (nickname the Cockroaches) win in State of Origin […]

Insect of the week – White Stemmed Gum Moth

By Kim Pullen – Australian National Insect Collection A huge caterpillar covered in tufts of black spines is not something […]

Insect of the week – Delicate basketwork can mean trouble for gum trees

By Kim Pullen Psyllids are small bugs with soft, vulnerable bodies, so how do they escape predators? Adult psyllids can […]

Insect of the week – Weevil rolls her (or his) own

The video above shows the Australian dung weevil in action. The video was shot by DAFF entomologist Michael Gorton who […]

State of the Climate 2012

Australia’s land and oceans continue to get hotter and our climate continues to change. These are two of the findings […]

Straw house 1: Fire 0

We helped sustainable designer Joost Bakker, test an environmentally friendly building option for bushfire-prone areas.

A golden tail of Beyoncé’s bootylicious fly

A previously un-named species of horse fly whose appearance is dominated by its glamorous golden lower abdomen has been named […]

Stop the pop?

An earlier post raised the problem of old helium-filled balloons turning up on beaches along the east coast of Australia. […]

Critical eyes search for debris on Australia’s beaches

Never let it be said that news@csiro is a party-pooper but maybe it is time for an end to releasing […]