Wild Collections
Specimens, Stories and Science from CSIRO
Published on 1. August 2025
Book
Paperback/Softback
200 pages
978-1-4863-1881-0 (ISBN)
Description
Did dinosaurs get bitten by mosquitoes? Can honey bees become botanists? Why would anyone collect worm bums? And can we find DNA in the air?
Wild Collections explores some of the fascinating, strange and unique stories behind more than 15 million specimens cared for within CSIRO s National Research Collections Australia. More than just pinned insects and pressed plants, these are stories of scientific discovery and cutting-edge research. This book offers us a rare glimpse into the world-class collections and the wonders they contain.
Go behind the scenes to discover species lost, found and saved, and the evolving knowledge and techniques it takes to record and understand our unique biodiversity. And meet some of the amazing scientists using this knowledge to protect and conserve our natural world.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Melbourne
Australia
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 210 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
370 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4863-1881-0 (9781486318810)
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Person
Andrea Wild is a science communicator with CSIRO s National Research Collections Australia, and the author of Wild Collections: Specimens, Stories and Science from CSIRO. She has two sons, one who loves nature and one who loves experiments.