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Protecting culture and environment along the Murray
Conservationists along the Murray are bastions for cultural heritage, as well as the natural world.
Destinations
IMAGES: Unique islands of New Caledonia
The French territory of New Caledonia is home to scores of plants and animals found nowhere else in the world.
News
Gold stored in gum leaves: a ‘Eureka moment’
Eucalyptus trees can absorb gold and store it in their leaves, a world-first study has revealed.
Science & Environment
GALLERY: The secrets of plant sex
Flowers attract pollinators via bright colours and beautiful aromas and some resort to trickery in an effort to reproduce.
Science & Environment
Australia’s poisonous plants, part II
They may not be able to run away as a defence from predators, but plants have developed poisons as their weapon.
News
Australian wattles choking South Africa
The promotion of wattle planting by aid agencies is threatening South Africa’s water supply, a researcher says.
Science & Environment
Australia’s most poisonous plants
They may seem innocuous, but some plants can be deadly. Here are 9 of the most poisonous plants in Australia.
Science & Environment
Botanist brothers uncover new Kimberley species
Intrepid botanist brothers Matt and Russell Barrett fly into our most remote regions to find new plant species.
News
World’s plants collated in one huge database
An ambitious project aims to catalogue the world’s entire plant species by 2020.