The continent of Australia is teeming with diverse life, both in flora and fauna. It boasts some of the most unique and spectacular plant species, important to the native ecology. Australian plants ...

Today, honey sits in most kitchen cupboards as a perfectly ordinary pantry staple. But honey has never entirely shed its ...

Australian plants have evolved in a multitude of ways to be pollinated, whether that's by insects, birds, the wind, water or by themselves. New research shows native and invasive rodents can also play ...

But all that has changed, thanks to Sydney-based fabric company Utopia Goods and the couple behind it, Bruce Slorach and Sophie Tatlow. The pair have spent the past decade translating Australian ...

Researchers have isolated a compound from an Australian desert shrub with a long history of medicinal use by the Indigenous peoples of Australia that could help cancer patients better respond to ...

New research by the Threatened Species Recovery Hub has identified the top 100 Australian plant species at risk of extinction. Three quarters of Australia's threatened species are plants. New research ...

The craft of cultivating bonsai evolved from Japan with a focus on miniaturising trees and plants. Recent enthusiasm for the world of tiny trees is seeing Australia's native flora re-imagined as ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Details of a silicified fern fossil. Geoff Thompson/Queensland Museum The Australian continent is now geologically stable. But ...