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Environment

The impact of bushfires on Australian insects

Discover some of the ways bushfires harm and benefit different species of insects.

Whale, whale, whale, what do we have here?

Scientists on our research vessel Investigator were treated to a spot of whale watching over the weekend.

Manufacturing

Using microscopy to grab the Tassie tiger by the tail

With the help of modern technology and a few antique hairs, we’ve learned a little bit more about the Tasmanian tiger.

You never know what you’ll find in the Abyss

The depths of the ocean are one of Earth's most inaccessible and unexplored environments, and getting a sneak peek into what lives down there can provide great insight into managing marine diversity.

Investigator’s scientific safaris on the high seas

Helping to unlock the mysteries of the deep, Investigator offers researchers the opportunity to observe the weird, wonderful and often unseen life of our oceans.

Australian farmers face increasing risk of new diseases: report

By Gary Fitt, CSIRO A nationwide outbreak of foot and mouth disease; an invasion of a devastating wheat disease; our honeybees completely wiped out. These are just three possible disastrous scenarios facing Australia; they’re considered in the Australia’s Biosecurity Future report published today by CSIRO and its partners. Intensifying and expanding agriculture, biodiversity loss, and...

Explainer: why Australia needs biosecurity

By Gary Fitt, Director, Biosecurity Flagship When the Department of Agriculture called a halt to imports of pop star Katy Perry’s latest album this month, they weren’t making a musical judgement. They were protecting Australia’s biosecurity. Biosecurity is also a process – a set of linked science based protocols and procedures aimed at stopping unwanted...

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