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Cooloola Monster
The Cooloola Monster – Cooloola propator is an unusual, primitive, cricket-like insect of the order Orthoptera, discovered in Cooloola National Park, Queensland circa 1980.The genus was...
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A pollen feeding fly
The Apioceridae is small family of mostly rather large flies, in Australia represented by the single genus Apiocera, with 67 described and many undescribed species. Adult Apiocera are strong, noisy...
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Dr Sherry Mayo operating the XuM ultra-high resolution X-ray microscope
Dr Sherry Mayo operating the XuM ultra-high resolution X-ray microscope developed by CSIRO and commercialised by XRT Ltd. It also offers 3D micro-tomography.
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Scientist at computer
Molecular modelling, a technique used in determining protein structure.
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A Giant Burrowing Cockroach
The giant burrowing cockroach (Macropanesthia rhinoceros), a native of northern Queensland, is the heaviest of the cockroach family (Blaberidae). It can weigh up to 35gm and attain a length of 80mm.
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Bubbles in Ice
A sliver of Antarctic ice revealing the myriad enclosed tiny bubbles of air. Air bubbles trapped in ice hundreds or even thousands of years ago are providing vital information about past levels of...
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CSIRO PhD student Elena Virtue working with viruses at the Australian Animal...
Plastic flasks are used to grow viruses. For safety purposes, no glassware is used in the BSL4 laboratory. Determining how the virus grows and interacts with cells gives scientists more information...
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Masto bioassay
Bio-assay in jar. Scientists use bio-assays such as this to determine the amount of activity that termites and other wood borers do under experimental conditions.
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Agricultural seeding equipment in operation at Long Plains, 50 km north of...
Agricultural seeding equipment in operation at Long Plains, 50 km north of Adelaide in South Australia. 1992.
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Aerial view of rice growing areas in the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area, near...
This view shows contrasting types of planting; in the foreground using the older contour bank method, and in the background the more recent rectangular laser levelled rice paddocks. 1991.
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CSIRO Parkes Telescope - This photo, taken in 1969, shows the telescope as it...
CSIRO's Parkes radio telescope was officially opened on the 31 October 1961 by the Governor-General, Viscount De L'Isle forty years on, it is still one of the most advanced telescopes of its kind. A...
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Biochemistry building (Building 1) and glasshouse
The north (or rear) entrance to the Biochemistry Building, CSIRO Division of Nutritional Biochemistry, Kintore Avenue, Adelaide, South Australia. View from car park behind the building, including...
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Chytrid Fungus Infected Great Barred Frog
A team of Australian scientists is working to learn more about the frog killer, the chytrid fungus (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis). This Great Barred Frog is infected with the chytrid fungus. Photo:...
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Fruit Bats, Virus Hosts
Fruit bats (flying foxes) carry antibodies to a range of emerging diseases such as Hendra virus, Menangle virus and Nipah virus. They are believed to be the natural host of the viruses.
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Research Aircraft Measuring Nosecone
A research aircraft with a nosecone fitted with instruments for making meteorological measurements.
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Testing Fire Intensity in Kakadu
CSIRO Wildlife and Ecology scientist, Dr Dick Willliams, measuring fire intensity at Kapalga Research Station in Kakadu National Park. Fires in the Top End tend to be of relatively low intensity. The...
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