Hawkmoths are large charismatic insects with highly variable and colourful larvae. Some species are specialised in their habitat preferences, but others are widespread and often encountered in gardens. However, little is known about most …
[ Books ] Animals — Animals / Invertebrates
It’s time to explore the solar system in this issue of Double Helix! Take a tour around the planets and find out how they smell, and stop off at the dwarf planets along the way. Closer to home, we look at plans to build a …
[ Books ] Children — Children / Children and Teen Non-Fiction
Get ready to play (and learn!) with your food! Discover the truth about yeast, learn how to count calories, conduct experiments with rubbery eggs, and more. Become a Kitchen Scientist by dissecting an onion, decorating a cookie to …
[ Books ] Children — Children / Activity Books
In this issue, we're getting sticky, smelly and goopy! Speedy slugs and frogs' eyes kick off our coverage of slimy animals, but we're also taking a look at slime moulds – a form of life that's not animal, plant or fungus! We uncover the …
[ Books ] Children — Children / Children and Teen Non-Fiction
A land of extremes, the Northern Territory’s arid deserts and monsoonal forests harbour some of Australia’s smallest and the world’s largest reptiles, as well as some of the world’s most venomous snakes. Field Guide to the Reptiles …
[ Books ] Animals — Animals / Reptiles and Amphibians
An astonishing number of the plants we call 'weeds' are either edible or medicinal, and have deep and sometimes bizarre connections to human history. But how do you distinguish a tasty sandwich-filler from its dangerous look-alike? Which …
[ Books ] Plants & Fungi — Plants & Fungi / Field and Regional Guides
Forensics, Fossils and Fruitbats is a fascinating collection of more than 70 profiles of Australian scientists from 15 fields of physical, biological and medical science. These scientists have been selected because their research …
[ Books ] Science in Society — Science in Society / Education
In this issue of Double Helix magazine, we're celebrating plants! Find out where they get their food from, and discover some of the strangest and toughest plants around. Then it's time to profile your puppy’s personality, and learn …
[ Books ] Children — Children / Children and Teen Non-Fiction
Neither plants, nor animals, nor fungi, the myxomycetes are a surprisingly diverse and fascinating group of organisms. They spend the majority of their life out of sight as single-celled amoeboid individuals in leaf litter, soil or decaying …
[ Books ] Plants & Fungi — Plants & Fungi / Mosses and Fungi
Electromagnetic induction (EM) techniques are used in recharge/discharge studies by providing measurements of the apparent electrical conductivity of soil profiles. This booklet provides a summary of EM techniques that are most widely used. …
[ Books ] Built Environment — Built Environment / Engineering
The discipline of silviculture is at a crossroads. Silviculturists are under increasing pressure to develop practices that sustain the full function and dynamics of forested ecosystems and maintain ecosystem diversity and resilience while …
[ Books ] Food & Agriculture — Food & Agriculture / Agroforestry
Birds of prey spend most of their time in flight and, when viewed from the ground, they are notoriously hard to identify. Australian Birds of Prey in Flight is a photographic guide to the eagles, hawks, kites and falcons flying high …
[ Books ] Animals — Animals / Birds
Islands are special because they promote unique forms of life, and large proportions of the species they hold are found nowhere else on Earth. The mammals of the South-west Pacific are no exception, with many distributed only across single …
[ Books ] Animals — Animals / Mammals and Marsupials
Until the mid-20th century, the thylacine was the world’s largest carnivorous marsupial, and its disappearance has left many questions and contradictions. Alternately portrayed as a scourge and as a high value commodity, the thylacine’s …
[ Books ] Animals — Animals / Mammals and Marsupials
Analytical methods of assessing the response of groundwater levels to a range of factors, including elastic (barometric and tidal) influences in confined aquifers and recharge to unconfined aquifers due to infiltration of rain and other …
[ Books ] Built Environment — Built Environment / Engineering
Dive in to the incredible world of ocean animals! Ocean animals are truly awesome. They come in every size, colour and shape imaginable. They are also some of the weirdest, sneakiest and smartest animals on the planet! This …
[ Books ] Children — Children / Children and Teen Non-Fiction
The Otways and Shipwreck Coast is known for its natural beauty and attracts millions of visitors each year, particularly along the Great Ocean Road. The value of the region's rich biodiversity is recognised at the national and global level …
[ Books ] Animals — Animals / Wildlife
Frogs are remarkably variable creatures. Many species adopt different colours or patterns by day or night. In some cases, males are different from females, and many species can change their appearance remarkably when breeding. Field …
[ Books ] Animals — Animals / Reptiles and Amphibians
Green Harvest explores the ideas and practices that have shaped organic farming and gardening in Australia from the interwar years to the present day. It reveals that Australian organic farming and gardening societies were amongst …
[ Books ] Gardening & Horticulture — Gardening & Horticulture / Horticulture
Breeding Stud Sheep shows how to establish and manage a successful sheep stud. All aspects of stud breeding are covered, including where and how to buy your sheep, selecting the right breeding stock for your stud, flock management, …
[ Books ] Food & Agriculture — Food & Agriculture / Livestock Management