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How to make your garden native bee friendly

Now you’ve got your Guide to Native Bees, it’s time to attract them to your garden!

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Fantastic fathers: Australian wildlife edition

Put aside those awesome Father's Day gifts, we're featuring the most dedicated dads in the Australian wild.

Can you beelieve?! Our guide to native bees

European honeybees are beloved, yet our very own beautiful native bees don't get much attention. It's time to get to know our fuzzy friends a bit better and go on a wild native bee-hunting ride.

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Species richness: our EOFY stock-take reveals over 200 newly discovered species

In the last year we've discovered and named over 200 different species including fossil insects, a catshark from PNG, a macadamia-blighting weevil, and a daisy known from just 20 individuals.

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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.

Fighting creepy with crawly

Spiders rank pretty low on most people’s ‘animals I’d like to work with’ scale. But this 'recovering arachnophobe' is putting her fears aside for science.

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This is why you won’t be able to swat that fly

Why are flies so easily able to evade our attempts to swat them?

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Watch out buzz bee, there’s a spider in the house…

Citizen scientist witnesses world-first home-share between wolf spider and bee.

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Five reasons flies are awesome (despite being really annoying)

We know they’re frustrating when you’re trying to enjoy your time in the sun. But next time you go to pull out the fly swatter, spare a thought for the many awesome things flies bring to the ecosystem.

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A spectrum of our insect collection takes flight for Questacon’s ‘Colour’ exhibit

Questacon's latest exhibit 'Colour: See the world in a new light' is now open and features a dazzling array of insects from our collections, their colours, how they use them, and how they evolved.

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Rare spider orchid tangos with pollinator

The Canberra spider orchid has an interesting ploy to attract the attention of local wasps for pollination, and now ecologists are employing it to restock the orchids numbers.

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Unexpected venomous animals | Venom: The secrets of nature’s deadliest weapon

Venom has evolved from spit, maintenance proteins, bacteria neighbours, and is present in over 200,000 species: mammals, jellies, worms, you name it. To celebrate the release of 'Venom: The secrets of nature’s deadliest weapon', we've written up a blog to satisfy all of your venomous questions.

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