Discovering Biodiversity – Biodiversity Revolution

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

This is an interesting question and it all comes down to water. Leaves are the powerhouses of plants. They convert

Loads of evidence suggests weeds wreak havoc to native plant communities but many more do not. Its well known that

A new global analysis looking at the distribution of forests and woodlands has ‘found’ 467 million hectares of previously unreported

The secrets of the understudied Australian rangelands, which make up 81% of the continent, have been exposed in new scientific work.

A global movement is underway to design and live in ecovillages, but what are they and what can they offer?

Sunday was the anniversary of the publication of Darwin’s Origin of Species (first published on 24th November 1859 – you

I’m pretty sure that almost no-one loves scorpions – they’re not far behind spiders in the ‘primal nightmare’ stakes, given

Taking a break from the wonderful world of octopods, but still within the “amazing creatures” realm, I’d like to introduce

I’ve been off for a week with bronchitis, curled up at home coughing violently and generally feeling sorry for myself,