Biodiversity

Sharks and rays of PNG

A new field guide to the sharks and rays of Papua New Guinea is supporting sustainable use of its shark and ray resources.

Celebrating our flowering giants

Climbing up an 80 m tower is all in a day's work for some scientists. Read how they've been watching over Australia's defining flora - eucalypts - as part of our land ecosystem observatory.

Celebration of life in the forests of Borneo

Timm Döbert spent three years working towards his PhD based in a research camp in Borneo’s lowland rainforests. It was a chance to study close at hand the human impact on a diverse ecosystem – and a privileged opportunity to marvel at the diversity of life on Earth. It’s also a photographer’s paradise. He and colleagues have shared with us some of their favourite images.

Voyage to the bottom of the Bight

Samples from the seabed of the Great Australian Bight have yielded 277 species new to science and the answer to a 30-year mystery.

Tracking the predators of the Bight

Tracking the movements of whales, sharks and other apex predators and iconic species is revealing the deepest secrets of the Great Australian Bight.

A wave of knowledge from deep in the Bight

A mammoth social, environmental and economic study of the Great Australian Bight has revealed new insights and a raft of new species.

Watching the whales return

Industrial-scale whaling brought many of the world’s largest animals to the brink of extinction. Now that numbers are recovering, researchers are taking a detailed look at the trajectory of the Southern Ocean’s baleen whale populations.

How to make batteries that last (almost) forever

Batteries that can self-sustain are needed for long-term animal tracking as well as shipping and logistics.

Counting ‘cows of the sea’ in The Kimberley

Indigenous Ranger groups in The Kimberley have partnered with CSIRO to get a better understanding of one of the largest remaining populations of dugongs in the world and keep a key part of their culture strong.