Wilting flowers might not signal poor flower or plant health, but rather the effects of a sophisticated resource management strategy in plants, millions of years in the making.
This unassuming rocky site marks a place where the ocean gleams and ripples with the riches of life.
The beauty of Western Australia’s wildflowers runs deep. These plants have an important ecological role and a cultural heritage.
Australia is enduring harsher fire seasons, more ocean heatwaves and sea-level rise.
Scientists from The Australian National University (ANU) and CSIRO have used genomic analysis to reconstruct the evolutionary tree of more than 300 darkling beetle species.
CSIRO has partnered with Murdoch University to launch the Bioplastics Innovation Hub (BIH), to help fast-track the development of biologically derived, compostable plastics.
More than 20 per cent of plant species are found only on islands – and time is running out to save them.
For the first time clear links between fossils of the iconic Australian dingo, and dogs from East Asia and New Guinea have been discovered.
The Foundation of National Parks & Wildlife – the philanthropic partner of Australia’s National Parks – yesterday planted the millionth tree of the Landscape Resilience Program.
Researchers suspect that elderly female mud crabs make a lengthy one-way journey to spread their final spawn.