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 ...
Firefighters embarked on the mission to save the rare Wollemi Pines. Firefighters in Australia successfully embarked on a secret mission to save the prehistoric -- and extremely rare -- Wollemi pine ...
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As Australia's giant trees succumb to fire or drought, we're racing to preserve their vital genetic data
Giant old trees are survivors. But their size and age do not protect them against everything. They face threats such as logging or intensifying drought and fire as the climate changes. Tasmania has ...
Belinda Medlyn receives funding from the Australian Research Council and the NSW Office of Environment and Heritage. Brendan Choat receives funding from the Australian Research Council, Australia & ...
The Australian government is gearing up to plant a billion new trees, as part of a vast campaign aimed to meet the climate targets set by the Paris Agreement. The government estimates that the project ...
New research finds that the tropical trees of North Queensland have been dying at faster rates for nearly 40 years now. Since the mid-1980s, the average risk of tree death has approximately doubled.
Caitlin O'Kane is a New York City journalist who works on the CBS News social media team as a senior manager of content and production. She writes about a variety of topics and produces "The Uplift," ...
A new Curtin University study warns that large parts of Australia, including major cities and farming regions, could be ...
Researchers from Western Sydney University have uncovered the novel strategies Australian eucalypt trees use to survive extreme heatwaves. One remarkable process involves the tree evaporating large ...
On the outside, Corymbia opaca and Corymbia calophylla may look like completely normal trees — but slice one open, and you'll quickly discover an eerie secret. Native to Australia, the trees, which ...
New research from the University of Queensland has solved the mystery behind the sting of one of the most venomous plants on the planet. The discovery of a previously unknown neurotoxin explains how ...
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