More than 8,000 continental islands sit just off the coast of Australia, many of them uninhabited and unspoiled. For ...

Found in rock samples retrieved in Australia more than 60 years ago ... or pace of evolution—with the fossil spore record—the physical evidence of early plant life gathered by scientists over the ...

Cycads are ancient gymnosperms (cone-bearing plants) which evolved long ... relatives are sometimes called trees of life, as they support many species. Australian boabs are similar.

A team of scientists from University College Cork (UCC), the University of Connecticut, and the Natural History Museum of ...

Can plants uncover the survival secrets of Earth’s darkest days? A research team from (UCC), the University of Connecticut, ...

Crawford and Ellis live in Melbourne and have outlined the climatic tolerances, cultivation needs and most appropriate settings for more than 180 plants suitable for Australian gardens.

Australia's coal-fired power stations are unreliable and driving up electricity prices, according to a new report out today, on the eve of a federal election campaign in which the viability of keeping ...