Quendas: The cute little helper keeping our gardens and bushland healthy
Quenda are helping to keep Perth's native urban bushland, and our native gardens, healthy according to new research from Edith Cowan University.
Quenda are helping to keep Perth's native urban bushland, and our native gardens, healthy according to new research from Edith Cowan University.
Plants & Animals
Jan 10, 2022
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Have you recently spotted a spider peeking out from a brown, curled-up leaf in your garden?
Plants & Animals
Jan 7, 2022
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The largest-ever fossil of a giant millipede—as big as a car—has been found on a beach in the north of England.
Paleontology & Fossils
Dec 20, 2021
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Grass is cut regularly by our mowers and grazed on by cows and sheep, yet continues to grow back. The secret to its remarkable regenerative powers lies in part in the shape of its leaves, but how that shape arises has been ...
Plants & Animals
Dec 9, 2021
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Scientists now have a deeper understanding of how a fungus develops a symbiotic lifestyle inside grass leaf and why the grass leaf fails to defend itself against the intruder, thanks to research coming from Massey University ...
Agriculture
Dec 2, 2021
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The recent discovery of two assassin spiders found living in a remnant patch of long unburnt habitat in Kangaroo Island have given new hope for the future of the ancient species after it was feared that they had become extinct.
Plants & Animals
Nov 17, 2021
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New research from The University of Texas at Austin could change the way scientists think about potential damage from earthquakes.
Earth Sciences
Nov 16, 2021
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Wetlands are particularly sensitive to hydrological changes, such as the reduction in water supply during extensive droughts. In response to a reduction of water levels, many aquatic plants can become amphibious, producing ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 11, 2021
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Goss's bacterial wilt and leaf blight is one of the most damaging diseases affecting corn. The most effective way to control this disease is to plant corn varieties that are resistant to the disease. In other words, growers ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 6, 2021
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Droughts that cause leaves to turn brown and wither before they can reach peak color. Heat waves prompting leaves to fall before autumn even arrives. Extreme weather events like hurricanes that strip trees of their leaves ...
Ecology
Sep 30, 2021
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