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Critically endangered spotted handfish have taken to artificially created ceramic nests, used in unique springtime courtship rituals.

Ravenous caterpillar that eats hundreds of plant species, unstopped by pesticides, and that's never been to the Americas arrives in the Americas and hybridises with the locally adapted caterpillar. What more?

Interronauts the CSIRO podcast I'm lucky enough to co-host. Here are the episodes, films clips, and a bit of background

2SER has given me a regular weekly segment to discuss science news. Yabbadabbadoo.

Cactus-inspired fuel cell membrane — oil painting and radio spot.

CSIRO recently developed a new way to harvest stem cells for leukaemia patients (comic).

A whirlwind tour of venomous animals the world around, featuring animals from 'Venom' (2017).

LOG 3: My final log after two weeks at sea. We found a shipwreck, lost for 70 years, saw flocks of boobies, flying fish, turtles, and sharks, and formed a strong bond doing so.

LOG 2: Initial experiences at sea. Meeting some of the researchers and tech on board, some good ol' etymology and more.

LOG 1: Went on a research voyage on RV Investigator from Sydney to Broome across the top of Australia. Seasickness, STEM teachers, iron fertilisation. Here's blog one.

A piece I wrote for CSIRO on a few of my favourite/most common families of spider to promote the new ID book: 'A Field Guide to Spiders of Australia'.

Australian white ibis: the smelly canaries in our city. Here's a piece I wrote for the Australian Geographic.