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Australia's leading publisher of science news, journals and books.

Not-for-profit, editorially independent and proudly part of the research community.

About us + print books: publishing.csiro.au
Digital content (news, journals and eBooks): connectsci.au
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We’re logging off for a little summer rest 😎

Our social media channels will be unstaffed until 8 January.

Thank you for being part of our community this year. We wish you a safe, restful summer and look forward to reconnecting in 2025.
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December 23, 2025 at 12:52 AM
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Need a last-minute gift? 😱⏰

A CSIRO Publishing gift voucher lets the science lover on your list pick the perfect read themselves... so you can give the gift of discovery with total confidence!

Order by 23 December: www.publishing.csiro.au/book/4911
Three CSIRO Publishing book vouchers (for $100, $50 and $25 respectively) displayed at a jaunty angle. They are overlaid on a background with gold stars, candy canes, and a trail of golden wrapping ribbon shaped into a heart.
December 21, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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Wishing you a fabulously festive #FungiFriday! 🎄🍄

📷 by Stephen Axford:
1) Gliophorus graminicolor
2) Cruentomycena viscidocruenta
3) Roridomyces phyllostachydis
4) Marasmius sp.

#PlanetFungi #Fungi #Mycology
A bright green mushroom with a glistening stem stands upright amidst a patch of moss. Photo by Stephen Axford. A cluster of four deep red mushrooms with glistening stems stand together on a rotting log. Their caps are angled away from the viewer, exposing the deep red gills on the underside. Photo by Stephen Axford. A cluster of four mushrooms with stems glowing an eerie green, protruding from a decaying log. Their caps are turned away to show deeply defined white gills on the undersides. Photo by Stephen Axford. Vivid pinkish-red mushrooms with delicate bell-shaped caps and long, slender stems tower above the leaf litter like fairy skyscrapers. At their base are scattered three more of their kind, reproduced in miniature. Photo by Stephen Axford.
December 18, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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2025 really stacked up 📚

From children’s books and field guides to scholarly references, which reads stood out for you?

#NatureBooks #BookSky
December 17, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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Australian Systematic Botany is now an official journal of the Australasian Systematic Botany Society (ASBS) 🌿

Perks to ASBS members as part of this partnership include discounted #OpenAccess to members and a new #EarlyCareerResearcher prize.

Browse & submit to #AusSysBot:
connectsci.au/sb
"Australian Systematic Botany is an official journal of the Australasian Systematic Botany Society".
December 17, 2025 at 2:45 AM
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A year of outstanding, award-winning student research ✨

A number of our journals offer prizes for papers by students and early career researchers, and we're proud to have celebrated their successes throughout 2025.

Scroll on for their names and links to their research 🧵🧪

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A collage of portraits of young people who received prizes for best student paper or early career researcher in a CSIRO Publishing journal in 2025.
December 17, 2025 at 12:57 AM
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Head to our website to:

Browse content ✔️
Submit your manuscript ✔️
Sign up for email alerts to get the latest research from Australian Zoologist sent straight to your inbox ✔️

connectsci.au/az

#AusZoologist
Australian Zoologist, The journal of the Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales; connectsci.au/az
December 16, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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Today we welcome Australian Zoologist to our journal publishing family!

Australian Zoologist is the peer-reviewed journal of @rzsnsw.bsky.social.

First published in 1914, it’s the oldest Australian journal specialising in #Zoology.

#AusZoologist
December 16, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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These ants don’t miss a delivery deadline!

With only two weeks 'til Christmas, we have a shipping PSA: we recommend ordering by 18 Dec (standard) or 22 Dec (Express) for your presents to arrive on time.

Scurry over to our website to find the perfect gift 🎁

www.publishing.csiro.au/catalogues/G...
December 11, 2025 at 2:06 AM
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Greetings from the 2025 Board of Standards meeting at the Shine Dome 👋

Last week, we met with Editors-in-Chief and our friends at the @science.org.au to examine challenges, share solutions and strengthen best practice in scholarly publishing.

We look forward to seeing you all again next year!
A group of people smile at the camera while standing outdoors in front of iconic modernist building, the Shine Dome, in Canberra. The people are members of the Board of Standards, comprising journal Editors, and CSIRO and Australian Academy of Science representatives.
December 9, 2025 at 1:12 AM
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Coming 19 Jan: Aboriginal Peoples and Terrestrial Invertebrates in Australia

This book by Philip Clarke explores Aboriginal peoples' historical & cultural relationships with invertebrates, & is a companion to 'Aboriginal Peoples and Birds in Australia'.

Pre-order: www.publishing.csiro.au/book/8233
Author Philip A. Clarke in a lush garden setting, smiling and holding a copy of his book 'Aboriginal Peoples and Terrestrial Invertebrates in Australia'.
December 8, 2025 at 2:21 AM
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Shopping for someone who’s a bit of a winner? 🏆

Give them a winner too! Browse our Gift Ideas catalogue for award-winning and shortlisted reads:

www.publishing.csiro.au/catalogues/G...

#BooksForChristmas #GiftIdeas
Covers of books in the CSIRO Publishing Gift Ideas catalogue, including award-winning Australian Deserts, The Australian Bird Guide and Mammals of the South-West Pacific, placed in a neat, slightly angled collage, with a hand holding a trophy superimposed over the top.
December 4, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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A towering discovery: a 77-metre hoop pine may be Australia’s tallest rainforest tree! 🌲

In a study in #AusJBotany, researchers using Airborne Laser Scanning data to model the canopies of millions of trees identified some that stood head and shoulders above the rest.

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
A screenshot of an ABC News article titled 'Hoop pine may set record as Australia's tallest rainforest tree'. The header image is a photo of massive hoop pines, taken from the ground looking directly up the trunks to their canopies.
December 3, 2025 at 11:16 PM
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Mark Harvey's work has been profiled in a new Invertebrate Systematics collection, '1000 new species—a lifelong dedication to biodiversity discovery'.

connectsci.au/collection/2...

Photo: Gymnobisium inukshuk, a troglobitic pseudoscorpion species described by Mark.

#InvertebrateSys #FreeToRead 🕷️🧪
Gymnobisium inukshuk, a troglobitic species of pseudoscorpion, photographed by Gonzalo Giribet. The scorpion has brown thin pedipalps and a beige shiny abdomen. A caption invites us to read a new collection in Invertebrate Systematics titled '1000 new species—a lifelong dedication to biodiversity discovery', which is free to read until May 2026.
December 2, 2025 at 4:40 AM
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📷 #ESA2025

6) Journal Manager Pat Hannah (@pattedplants.bsky.social) with @ausjbotany.bsky.social and @marinefreshwater.bsky.social editors.

L-R: Tom Le Breton, Clare Vernon, #MarineFreshwaterRes EiC Shokoofeh Shamsi, Zoe Xirocostas, Pat Hannah, and #AusJBotany EiCs John Morgan and Mark Ooi.
Journal manager Pat Hannah and six journal editorial board members sit at a long a restaurant table, smiling at the camera. From left to right: Tom Le Breton, Clare Vernon, Shokoofeh Shamsi, Zoe Xirocostas, Pat Hannah, John Morgan, and Mark Ooi.
December 2, 2025 at 1:42 AM
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📷 #ESA2025

3) Sam Lloyd (Alight) & Books Publisher Briana Melideo

4) Journal Manager Pat Hannah (@pattedplants.bsky.social) leading his 'Everything You Need to Know About Publishing' workshop

5) Shokoofeh Shamsi, Editor-in-Chief of #MarineFreshwaterRes (@marinefreshwater.bsky.social), and Briana
Sam Lloyd and Briana Melideo at the CSIRO Publishing stand, smiling and holding a copy of the picture book 'Alight'. Journal manager Pat Hannah stands at the front of a room, speaking, with a presentation on screen next to him entitled 'Finding Agency in the Publishing Landscape'. Many people sit around a long table facing the front of the room, listening attentively. Shokoofeh Shamsi and Briana Melideo stand together, smiling, in front of a banner showcasing CSIRO Publishing journals.
December 2, 2025 at 1:42 AM
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We had a great time at #ESA2025!

We loved chatting with everyone & catching up with our authors, contributors and journal editors!

📷
1) Grace Heathcote (Ecology Matters) & Books Publisher Briana Melideo

2) Perpetua Turner, Grace & Briana, with Stephen van Leeuwen, Saskia Gerhardy & Heather Neilly
Grace Heathcote and Briana Melideo at the CSIRO Publishing stand, smiling and holding a copy of the book 'Ecology Matters'. Prof Stephen van Leeuwen, Saskia Gerhardy and Dr Heather Neilly sit at a black table holding up copies of the book Ecology Matters, which they each contributed to. Behind them stand ESA President Dr Perpetua (Pep) Turner, the book's author Grace Heathcote, and Book Publisher Briana Melideo.
December 2, 2025 at 1:42 AM
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Reliance on self-report symptom endorsement may prevent GPs from identifying and supporting adolescents with atypical anorexia nervosa through the Medicare-funded Eating Disorders Treatment & Management Plan, according to this #OpenAccess study in @ausjph.bsky.social:

connectsci.au/py/article/3...
A teenager sits on the couch looking pensively towards food sitting on a coffee table. A caption invites us to read an open access article in Australian Journal of Primary Health titled 'Screening of adolescent Atypical Anorexia Nervosa in primary care: is the current use of the eating disorders examination a barrier to accessing treatment?'. The photo is credited as being by Africa images.
December 1, 2025 at 11:45 PM
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New #SexualHealth collection 📣

#WorldAIDSDay & resilience in the global #HIV response:

- presents emerging challenges & opportunities shaping #HIVPrevention, care & community wellbeing

- underscores need to pair science with equity, community leadership & solidarity

connectsci.au/collection/2...
A close up of two hands, connecting gently in support. One is lighter skinned and freckled, the other darker skinned. They are both wrapped with a red ribbon, a symbol of World AIDS Day. A caption invites us to read a new collection in Sexual Health titled "World AIDS Day", which is free to read until 1 May 2026. The photo is credited as being by Tansu Topuzoglu, diversifylens.
December 1, 2025 at 4:51 AM
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Glide on over to Australian Mammalogy, the journal of @ausmammals.bsky.social, to read the #OpenAccess research article:

connectsci.au/am/article/4...

#AusMammalogy

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A dark brown greater glider peaks out of a tree hollow, round eyes gleaming. A caption invites us to read the open access article titled "Abundance estimates of koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus) and southern greater gliders (Petauroides volans) on the Illawarra Range, New South Wales, from spatiotemporally-replicated thermal drone surveys" in Australian Mammalogy. The photo is credited as being by Dr Ana Gracanin (Australian National University).
November 28, 2025 at 12:28 AM
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The results of this study, published in Australian Mammalogy, provide essential baseline data to help track population changes and detect early warning signs of decline for two of Australia’s endangered arboreal marsupials.

#AusMammalogy

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Looking upward into the branches of eucalypt trees we see a koala, curled up and snoozing. A caption tells us: "These results provide essential baseline data to help track population changes and detect early warning signs of decline for two of Australia’s endangered arboreal marsupials." The photo is credited as being by Russell Calvert, Getty Images.
November 28, 2025 at 12:28 AM
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By flying #ThermalDrones across 47 sites, the team detected 56 koalas and 127 gliders across 1175 hectares of bushland.

Koala density averaged 0.13 per hectare, while glider density was slightly higher at 0.17 per hectare.

#AusMammalogy

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An aerial photograph of the Illawarra Range in New South Wales, dense with dark green forest. Text explains: "By flying thermal drones across 47 sites, the team detected 56 koalas and 127 gliders across 1175 hectares of bushland. Koala density averaged 0.13 per hectare, while glider density was slightly higher at 0.17 per hectare." The photo is credited as being by Totajla, Getty Images.
November 28, 2025 at 12:28 AM
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University of Wollongong researchers used thermal drones to estimate abundances of #Koalas & #SouthernGreaterGliders in the Illawarra Range, providing a clearer picture of how these endangered species are faring.

Read more in Australian Mammalogy:

connectsci.au/am/article/4...

#AusMammalogy

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A grey koala perched at the top of a branch. Text explains: "Researchers have used thermal drones to estimate abundances of koalas and southern greater gliders in the Illawarra Range, NSW, providing a clearer picture of how these endangered species are faring." The photo is credited as being by perception_photography, Getty Images Pro.
November 28, 2025 at 12:28 AM
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Could you be our next prize winner?

To be eligible for this award, you must be the first author of a paper published in #FunctionalPlantBio, be enrolled for a PhD or be within 10 years post-PhD, and a member of the @asps-oz.bsky.social.

Find out more on our website: connectsci.au/fp/pages/awa...
November 27, 2025 at 1:38 AM
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Yin's winning research investigated the effects of extra potassium supply in Shiraz grapevines.

Read her #OpenAccess paper in Functional Plant Biology:

connectsci.au/fp/article/5...

#FunctionalPlantBio
Dark blue Shiraz grapes on the vine. A caption invites us to read an open access article in Functional Plant biology titled 'Effects of extra potassium supply and rootstocks indicate links between water, solutes and energy in Shiraz grapevines (Vitis vinifera) pericarps'. The photo is credited as being by Cameron Basson, Pexels.
November 27, 2025 at 1:38 AM