Natural Wonder – Why are leaves so variable?
Have you ever considered why leaves are so large in the tropics, yet so long and thin in arid ares?
So let’s look at the main drivers of leaf shape.
How do we engage farmers in the conservation conversation?
Much of Australia’s environment is degraded to some extent. With an MCG-sized area being cleared every two minutes, it can feel like little is being done to reverse these effects.
But who owns much of our landscape? The answer is farmers!
So how do we engage farmers in the conservation conversation?
Avoiding another Great Dying – learnings from the world’s greatest extinction event
Planet Earth, a quarter of an aeon ago. A series of volcanic eruptions in what we now call Siberia has
How do we quantify Australia’s ecosystem services?
We need to develop the measures and metrics used to track the state, condition and trajectory of our ecosystem services if we are to value and ultimately restore them.
Towards a global picture of plant ecological function
We’ve all noticed that vegetation and the size and shape of plants and their leaves changes as we move across different climates, but do these patterns hold true across the globe?
DNA tests to cut illegal exports of endangered African cherry – a medicine tree
The science of DNA testing to check on crimes of a human kind is now being increasingly utilised to help
Deep insights into plant evolution from gene scans
To say that plants are important is a truism beyond doubt. They fill almost every ecosystem and niche on earth
Natural Wonder – Why do trees lose their leaves?
This is an interesting question and it all comes down to water. Leaves are the powerhouses of plants. They convert
Tackling the causes of the Amazon forest fires
Whilst the fires are still raging across the Amazon, Brazil has finally accepted some international assistance from neighbouring Chile to help
Natural Wonder: Why is the colour blue so rare in nature?
Blue is a very prominent colour on earth – it’s the colour of the sky and the ocean. But when
Biodiversity Revolution 