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The paperback book 'Rocks, Fosils and Formations' laying on a pitted boulder.

Rocks, Fossils and Formations: A story 4.6 billion years in the making

Dig in to the fascinating history of Earth, a story so old and so fascinating that it's almost hard to believe... but as Thomas Woolrych explains in this edited extract from Rocks, Fossils and Formations, the evidence can be seen all around us!

Sunset over a calm lake with a boat shed to one side.

Exploring Australia: five ways to connect with nature during the holidays

Need inspiration for your next adventure around Australia? You’ve come to the right place.

Illustration of a lyrebird singing, its song represented by twilring purple lines and quavers. Beneath is a frilled-neck lizard, banjo frog, dingo, gang-gang cockatoo and emu.

Sense-ational Superpowers: Five strange hidden talents of Australian animals

Author Stephanie Owen Reeder shares some of the weird and wonderful superpowers of Australian native animals.

A seagull standing on wet sand at the beach; seaweed scatters the ground around it.

What beaches can teach us: learning while exploring

Heading out to explore beaches and seashores? There is so much to learn from observing our coastlines. Here is some inspiration to get the whole family engaged with nature.

A copy of the children's book Diprotodon in front of a large statue of a diprotodon. They're surrounded by rocky soil and trees.

Bringing Diprotodon to Life

How do you bring to life an animal that hasn't walked the earth for 45,000 years? We spoke to Bronwyn Saunders and Andrew Plant, the author and illustrator behind Diprotodon, to find out what's involved.

A copy of the book, The Life and Times of the Murray Cod lies on an outdoor table covered in lichen.

Cod Rush! The Life and Times of the Murray Cod

Hungry gold miners created Victoria’s Murray cod fisheries – and we’re still dealing with the consequences, writes ecologist and academic Paul Humphries in this edited extract from The Life and Times of the Murray Cod.

A collage of five images of birds, including a black-throated finch, an Australian magpie, a swift parrot, a tawny frogmouth, and a superb fairywren

How well do you know Australia’s most beloved birds?

Will you just wing this quiz or will you fly high?

Arend Küster stands outdoors, wearing a blue jacket and looking towards the camera.

Arend Küster announced as new Director of CSIRO Publishing

Following an international recruitment process, we're pleased to be welcoming Arend to the team in 2024.

The book 'Prehistoric Australasia' alongside the 2023 Whitley Medal Winner sticker. Behind the book cover is a painted scene of prehistoric animals gathered at a lake.

Whitley Awards 2023: Showcasing the best Australasian zoological literature

We are thrilled that Prehistoric Australasia: Visions of Evolution and Extinction has been awarded the prestigious Whitley Medal at the 2023 Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales Whitley Awards!

A collage of the four photos from this blog: a bee, a quokka, some ants and a squat lobster.

Four stories of animal behaviour, adaptation and biodiversity

Recent research from Australian Journal of Zoology, International Journal of Wildland Fire, Pacific Conservation Biology and Invertebrate Systematics.