We love bees for their pollination and honey production. Now there’s new buzz around another task: monitoring crops for plant viruses.
Ethan Towns on becoming the LGBTQIA+ role model he never had and infusing Indigenous science into his research.
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.
Out and about or staying at home this summer? Become a citizen scientist and help Aussie invertebrates.
Clisa australis is a rare, distinctive-looking Australian fly. It lives with bats, likes pit toilets and had been missing for 30 years.
From mosquitoes to bush flies, some members of the fly family are not welcome guests this summer.
From holly to Christmas beetles, meet these 12 species of Christmas that remind us of the holiday season in Australia.
Millions of specimens held in our National Research Collections Australia are going digital for science.
Insect pollinators are just as important for native flowers as they are for crops. We’re unveiling the hidden pollinator networks in the Australian alps.
In the past year, together with our partners, we’ve described 139 new species.
Can you tell a bug from a beetle? Does that bug you? We’re here to help. Our list of bug facts will soon have you in the know about bugs.
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.
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