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A close up photo of an insect trapped in amber

How CSIRO researchers are tracking the evolution of Australian insects

We're working with insects fossilised in 100 million-year-old amber to help track the evolution of Australian insects.

In the middle of the Southern Ocean with Investigator’s science team

Avoiding that sinking feeling at sea

With Day of the Seafarer focusing this year on mental health and well-being, we are shining a beacon on life at sea on Investigator and how our seafarers mentally prepare for their time among the waves.

Interronauts | Episode 13: Broccoli lattes, robot ecologists, and a new hope against the feline menace

This episode, Sarah Frazer joins the roster to talk about our robot ecologists in the Amazon, the plan to augment feral cats into all-male clowders, the use of ugly veggies into delightful powders for your coffee, and researchers' best attempt yet at weighing all life on Earth.

Vale Dr John La Salle

It is with regret that we announce our Atlas of Living Australia Director, Dr John La Salle, recently passed away.

Lighting up Australia’s energy future: the CSIRO Energise app needs you

CSIRO Energise is our new app that makes you a citizen scientist, telling us about your power usage and helping illuminate Australia's energy landscape, which at the moment is in the dark.

Supercapacitor magic, making tram power lines *disappear*

Begone unsightly tram powerlines, we're helping do away with you. All thanks to a powerful new high powered battery.

two female scientists conducting experiment in lab, fully suited in fully enlcosed biocontainment suits

Under the hood of our biocontainment facility

We operate a special high-containment facility that allows us to work on some of the world's deadliest viruses. Take a look under the hood to see how it works.

Drawing constellations in the global space sector | Sarah Pearce

After her career as an X-ray astronomer then project manager, Dr Sarah Pearce joined us and set her talents to collaboration, not just leading global relations with telescope and satellite technology but also in her secondment as Director of Strategy for the newly formed Australian Space Agency.

Antarctica has lost 3 trillion tonnes of ice in 25 years. Time is running out for the frozen continent

What will Antarctica look like in 2070? Will the icy wilderness we know today survive, or will it succumb to climate change and human pressure?

Connecting the globe to observe the Earth | Alex Held

Australia is one of the largest users of satellite data and set to grow larger thanks to our international partners, relations built on and maintained by Dr Alex Held in his new role as Director for the CSIRO Centre for Earth Observation.

August–September or ‘sprinter’ is peak flowering time for one of Australia’s largest plant groups, wattles (Acacia spp.). Image: Carl Davies/CSIRO.

Five seasons in Australia? Meet sprinter and sprummer

Why do leaves change from green in summer to red or brown in autumn? And why are some trees deciduous while others, including most Australian native species, live an evergreen lifestyle?

Fostering space technology to get us to the stars

Prestigious aerospace awards, Earth observation projects, and cultivating Australian space start-ups—Kimberley Clayfield's star-studded portfolio is a win for Australian space science.