While we are busy preparing for Christmas and our holiday break, the rest of the animal kingdom has their own problems to deal with. This is a quick look at some of Australia's other festive seasons.
By David Yeates, CSIRO The time and date of the origin of insects and their pattern of evolution and survival […]
By Emily Lehmann There’s been a buzz around town about our bee research this year, and for good reason. In […]
By Louise Morin, CSIRO; Andy Sheppard, CSIRO; Tanja Strive, CSIRO. Australia’s “ferals” — invasive alien plants, pests and diseases — are […]
By Adam Harper Whenever communities emigrate from far away, they do their best to adapt and succeed in their […]
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By David Lovell, Leader, Transformational Biology Initiative; Beth Mantle, Collection Manager, Australian National Insect Collection; Chuong Nguyen, Postdoctoral Fellow, Computational […]
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By Paul De Barro, Senior Principal Research Scientist and Paulo de Souza, Science Leader – Sensor Networks Queensland’s fruit and vegetable […]
By Rebecca Blackburn Whether they’re munching on your Corn Flakes or chomping through cotton crops, weevils certainly aren’t the most […]
We've put tiny chip sensors on the backs of honey bees to better understand these insects - both to save their species and for our future food security.
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