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A row of glasses filled with coloured water, arranged in the colours of the rainbow.

Kitchen Science Experiment: Create a density rainbow

Are you feeling hungry for some science? In these edited extracts from The Curious World of Kitchen Science series, try your hand at creating a density rainbow, and learn some other cool facts from the worlds of physics, biology and maths!

Photo of Ceridwen Fraser in the ocean immersed up to her neck, surrounded by a multitude of large, dark green strands of kelp. She is smiling and draping one of the flat, wide kelp strands over her head.

Coastal Treasures: Beachcombing with Ceridwen Fraser

Rediscover the delights of poring over pretty shells and poking about in rockpools with Beachcombing. We spoke to author Ceridwen Fraser about what sparked her love of the marine world, and the stories that cast-up treasures can reveal.

Wilderness Society Environment Award for Children’s Literature: 2021 shortlist announced

Hands up if you are as happy as we are to learn that Hold On! Saving the Spotted Handfish written by Gina Newton and illustrated by Rachel Tribout, is shortlisted for the 2021 Wilderness Society Environment Award for Children’s Literature?

Mark Sanders standing in the bright sun among red sand dunes covered in tussocks of native grasses and vegetation.

Discovering Australia’s Frogs: Take the leap with Mark Sanders

After travelling all over the country to learn about and photograph Australia's frogs, author Mark Sanders has written a field guide. We spoke to him about what went into producing this book, and his tip for first-time explorers.

Photo of a Superb Fruit Dove with 4 stamps in foreground

Pigeons and Doves Stamp Issue: a tribute to William T Cooper

Australia Post has released an illustrative set of stamps commemorating the artwork of William T Cooper AO. The stamps feature four spectacular species of pigeons and doves native to Australia.

Front cover of Bee Detectives picture book on background illustration of bees under magnify glasses

Celebrating World Bee Day with the Bee Detectives

We don’t want to drone on, but we’re buzzing once again to celebrate World Bee Day! Author Vanessa Ryan-Rendall and the Bee Detectives are too!

A tiny orange-brown jumping spider sitting on a rock

Appreciating Amazing Aussie Arachnids

From alien butts to ant mimics, we leafed through the pages of A Field Guide to Spiders of Australia to find some great reasons to admire our eight-legged friends.

A small brightly-coloured parrot peering at the camera from the left size of the frame, beak open as if excited.

Birds and Bees and Frogs, Oh My! Seven guides you’ll go wild about

Kindle your curiosity about Australian wildlife, big and small, beautiful and strange, and unlock a new passion that you can use to help Australian science.

Author Anne Morgan kneeling on a Tasmanian beach holding the dried body of a weedy seadragon.

Dive in and Meet the Weedy Seadragon with Anne Morgan

Take a trip under the rolling waves of Australia's southern oceans and meet the weedy seadragon with Anne Morgan. We spoke to Anne about where she finds inspiration and the road she took to becoming a children's book author.

Illustrator Brenna Quinlan crouches in a green field smiling to camera, patting a white goat that stands next to her.

Science Illustrated: Q&A with Brenna Quinlan

Activism and illustration go hand-in-hand, as we found out when we spoke to Brenna Quinlan, the artist behind the seriously cute illustrations in Bee Detectives. In this blog, find out how permaculture and sustainability inspire her work.

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