Australian wattles choking South Africa
The promotion of wattle planting by aid agencies is threatening South Africa’s water supply, a researcher says.
The promotion of wattle planting by aid agencies is threatening South Africa’s water supply, a researcher says.
Introduced plant species now outnumber the known species of Australian natives, botanists say.
They may seem innocuous, but some plants can be deadly. Here are 9 of the most poisonous plants in Australia.
Cone-like projections on flowers act like Velcro to help bees stick to petals in strong winds, new research shows.
They’re the quintessential Aussie battlers, digging their roots into WA’s sandy soils and thriving.
Three hundred years of adventures and misadventures to see the Transit of Venus helped us measure the heavens.
Intrepid botanist brothers Matt and Russell Barrett fly into our most remote regions to find new plant species.
Native plants have been used by Aboriginal people for generations. Here are some regional examples.
An ambitious project aims to catalogue the world’s entire plant species by 2020.
Plants are known to respond to light, but they can respond – and produce – sounds as well, new research says.