Welcome to our extreme 50th issue of Double Helix magazine! Read on as we explore the limits of the human body and discover critters that live in extreme environments. Or check out zombie fungi and other extreme mushrooms. And if …
[ Books ] Children — Children / Children and Teen Non-Fiction
The red kangaroo is at the heart of Australia's ecological identity. It is Australia's largest terrestrial land mammal, the largest extant marsupial, and the only kangaroo truly restricted to Australia's arid interior. Almost nothing was …
[ Books ] Animals — Animals / Mammals and Marsupials
Mound-builders are unique in being the only birds that do not incubate their eggs using body heat; rather, a variety of naturally occurring sources of heat is exploited such as solar energy and the heat generated by decomposing organic matter. …
[ Books ] Animals — Animals / Birds
Let’s get hands-on with 50 fun science activities! The best-selling team behind Hands-On Science present 50 more fun DIY science activities. In More Hands-On Science you’ll be blown away by interesting experiments, reactions, …
[ Books ] Children — Children / Activity Books
Pastoral Australia tells the story of the expansion of Australia's pastoral industry, how it drove European settlement and involved Aboriginal people in the new settler society. The rural life that once saw Australia 'ride …
[ Books ] Science in Society — Science in Society / Heritage and History
It’s 50 years since humans first walked on the Moon. Learn about the original Moon landings and why some people think they were faked. Protip: they weren’t! Then find out how the new Australian Space Agency is planning to blast this country …
[ Books ] Children — Children / Children and Teen Non-Fiction
Extensively illustrated with photographs and drawings, Living Architecture highlights the most exciting green roof and living wall projects in Australia and New Zealand within an international context. Cities around the world …
[ Books ] Built Environment — Built Environment / Landscape Architecture
CSIRO Publishing Book Vouchers are the perfect solution for those who want to give the gift of science, but aren't sure which book to choose! These vouchers can be used to purchase any book titles from our website and are available …
[ Books ] Science in Society — Science in Society / Leisure and Tourism
What are dinosaurs? Where did they live? Did they fly? Did they lay eggs and did any survive? Tackle all these questions and more and become a fully fledged dinosaur expert. Here are 50 crucial questions which reveal everything …
[ Books ] Children — Children / Picture Books
Bigger is not always better. Sometimes the smallest of creatures can have the biggest impact … even with dung! Explore the fascinating and incredibly important role that tiny dung beetles play in our environment. From pushing dung …
[ Books ] Children — Children / Picture Books
Groundwater discharge is associated with salinity and pollution problems. The widespread presence of millions of saline lakes in North America, Africa and Australia, shows that across the geological record, most salinity and desertification …
[ Books ] Built Environment — Built Environment / Engineering
Growth in human consumption is the transcending problem of our times. In the short span of 50 years, high income societies have shifted from an era when a 'simple life' was the norm to one where material consumption is pervasive. Consumption …
[ Books ] Science in Society — Science in Society / Populations
The bioregion of Australia, New Zealand, Antarctica and New Guinea possesses a unique natural heritage stretching back over 50 million years since the break-up of the great southern continent of Gondwanaland. The South Australian Museum …
[ Books ] Animals — Animals / Wildlife
The bioregion of Australia, New Zealand, Antarctica and New Guinea possesses a unique natural heritage stretching back over 50 million years since the break-up of the great southern continent of Gondwanaland. The South Australian Museum …
[ Books ] Animals — Animals / Wildlife
Population growth alone dictates that global food supplies must increase by over 50% in coming decades. Advances in technology offer an array of opportunities to meet this demand, but history shows that these can be fully realised only within …
[ Books ] Food & Agriculture — Food & Agriculture / Sustainability
Australian Native Plants provides a comprehensive guide to the horticulture of our native plants. Based on nearly 50 years of experience at Kings Park and Botanic Garden in Perth, the book describes the necessary growing conditions …
[ Books ] Gardening & Horticulture — Gardening & Horticulture / Native
Referred to as the 'Spiny Crayfishes' due to impressive arrays of spines on their hard armoured shells, Euastacus crayfish are the largest of the 10 genera of Australian freshwater crayfish. This book discusses 50 species found in …
[ Books ] Animals — Animals / Invertebrates
Longhorn beetles — Cerambycidae — are one of the most easily recognised groups of beetles, a cosmopolitan family that encompasses more than 33,000 species in 5,200 genera worldwide. Out of the 117 beetle families occurring in Australia, …
[ Books ] Animals — Animals / Invertebrates
The bowerbirds (family Ptilonorhynchidae) are famed for their unique bower-building behaviour. In some species, the bower can be a complex construction of sticks and other vegetable matter that can grow to two metres in diameter and one-and-a-half …
[ Books ] Animals — Animals / Birds
Many present-day Australians see the dingo as a threat and a pest to human production systems. An alternative viewpoint, which is more in tune with Indigenous culture, allows others to see the dingo as a means to improve human civilisation. …
[ Books ] Animals — Animals / Mammals and Marsupials