The Latest Breaking News from CSIRO

Astronomers have been working to better understand the galactic environments of fast radio bursts (FRBs) – intense, momentary bursts of energy occurring in mere milliseconds and with unknown cosmic origins.

The scrubby harbour-side hills of a South African city recently revealed details of an historical event that transformed Australian coastlines. That event led to the arrival in Australia of a native South African shrub, bitou bush. The invader went on to become one of Australia’s worst weeds, smothering coastal dune…

CSIRO has found greenhouse gas emissions have likely been making El Niño and La Niña events more frequent and extreme since the 1960s. Up until now little was known about the role it played.

For the first time since 2011 a farm in south-west New South Wales is baiting for mice and a plane has been called in to help get the job done.

A CSIRO investigation has confirmed the location of the MV Blythe Star shipwreck, almost 50 years after it sank off the Tasmanian coast.

Mushrooms are turning up on dinner tables across Australia in greater numbers than ever, as people look for meat alternatives.

The wreck of the Blythe Star is located almost 50 years after it sank off the Tasmanian coast, its crew believed dead — until, astonishingly, they appeared out of the bush far from where the ship sank.

Artificial turf is springing up everywhere in Canberra's new suburbs.

The newly discovered species was found off the coast of WA's Kimberley region.