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Cover of 'Tiny Possum and the Migrating Moths', featuring an illustration of a possum peering out of grassy vegetation at a moth perched upon a yellow flowerhead, with a cloudy night sky above. The cover is overlaid on an illustration of grassy vegetation.

Science Illustrated: Q&A with Ben Clifford

Ben Clifford is the artist behind the incredibly realistic illustrations in Tiny Possum and the Migrating Moths, a story about the critically endangered mountain pygmy-possum. Ben told us about the origin of and inspiration for his art.

Read & Publish and Open Access: What it means for you

Many researchers throughout Australia and New Zealand are eligible to publish Open Access in our journals at no additional charge. Are you one of them?

Extinct: Artistic Impressions of Our Lost Wildlife

Showcasing stunning artwork Extinct: Artistic Impressions of Our Lost Wildlife shares stories of Australian animals that have been lost to extinction. Art to inspire conservation action.

Chris Tzaros sitting on an old fallen log in bushland, smiling and holding a camera with a very long, large lens.

Exploring Victoria’s Box–Ironbark Country with Chris Tzaros

Chris Tzaros, author of Wildlife of the Box–Ironbark Country, explains the significance of Victoria’s Box–Ironbark habitats and their wildlife, and shares his tips for successful wildlife photography.

Five kids book covers on a background of real life grass. The books are Hold On, Plantastic, Bouncing Back, One Potoroo, and Phasmid

National Threatened Species Day: Stories to share

National Threatened Species Day is a time to reflect on and celebrate our unique native flora and fauna. We believe that encouraging children to learn and care about these species is fundamental to protecting them into the future.

An eye-catching metallic green damselfly clinging to a thin reed.

Discovering Dragonflies with Günther Theischinger

Dazzled by dragonflies? You’re not alone! We chatted with Günther Theischinger, co-author of The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia, about his passion for dragonflies and damselflies.

Illustrator Alicia Rogerson smiling at the camera as she sits in her studio, surrounded by her art, holding a copy of One Potoroo. The photo is overlaid on a background illustration of Australian native flowers and plants.

Science Illustrated: Q&A with Alicia Rogerson

Alicia Rogerson is the illustrator of One Potoroo: A Story of Survival which is a tale of the world’s most endangered marsupial, the Gilbert’s potoroo. We talk to her about her artistic process and ask for advice for aspiring illustrators.

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?

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