Native Species

Most of the 1,000 different eucalyptus tree varieties are native to Australia but not all belong in a pristine wetland.

Rats have a reputation for being disease-carrying vermin. But some experts say this is overshadowing the intelligence and potential of some rat species.

Some landholders believe the heightened fears for this fire season could lead to people clearing too much native vegetation.

The Moodjar Tree uses art and technology to tell the Noongar story of the Australian Christmas tree in 3D. 

Wildlife experts are surprised to see some bird species re-emerge across Kangaroo Island after the devastating bushfires in 2019-2020.

While Australia has lost many unique species in living memory to bulldozers, climate change and bushfires, nothing has killed off living wonders quite like invasive pests and diseases.

This is how you can make sure Indigenous people benefit when you buy bush foods and products.

A fern that can soothe a bull ant bite in 10 seconds prompts a classroom science experiment, and the students at this Western Australian school are fascinated.

A developer convicted and fined for illegally clearing endangered native vegetation from a Melbourne site has since been granted permission to build a multi-million-dollar development on the property.

Wildlife rescue organisations in New South Wales warn a new disaster response plan hasn't been completed almost four years after the Black Summer bushfires, leaving native animals at risk as summer approaches.

Indigenous horticulturalists have taken 21 cuttings of the first known purple Banksia spinulosa. But it remains to be seen whether they will flower, and what colour the petals will be.

Planting flowers in the middle of a drought doesn't seem like the obvious choice to diversify but this family has said goodbye to sheep and hello to hundreds of Geraldton wax plants.

Tourists are beginning to arrive for the region's annual wildflower season, but locals warn this year's blooms may not meet expectations.

The south of the state is shimmering with a golden flowering plant — but biologists say it's a very attractive pest.

Named Milo the Milestone Devil, the four-month-old joey was discovered during a regular pouch inspection, meaning the wildlife sanctuary has produced 500 joeys since it was launched on the mainland during 2011.

Beekeepers have struggled to produce large volumes of honey without a strong marri flowering this year, a "mast year" for the tree, while winemakers are also battling birds looking to vineyards for food.

A book, which names medicinal plants in Barngarla, Latin and English, is helping Indigenous children, as well as members of the Stolen Generations, to establish vital connections to country.

A newly funded pipeline will reconnect the Imperial Lakes Nature Park to Broken Hill's sewerage plant, providing indigenous plants with favourable growing conditions year-round.

A lack of flowering from plant species, particularly from the common marri tree, has led to a tough season for beekeepers who warn the cost of local honey could soon rise.

Young green thumbs are leading the way by planting native shrubs and trees to create more habitat and food opportunities for the native bird.

Researchers say native limes from Gympie could hold the cure for a devastating citrus disease that has killed crops and sent orange juice prices soaring worldwide.

The blueberry family officially has a new member, thanks to two council workers who noticed a strange-looking plant growing in a roadside reserve in rural Western Australia. 

The Newcastle council backs plans to create flora-covered bus stops, pollination walls, and more garden space to bring bees back to the rapidly transforming city.

The agony caused by brushing against the notorious Gympie-Gympie tree can last for months, but researchers think its toxins may one day provide relief to chronic pain sufferers.

Locals have been asked to look but not touch following the discovery of an albino echidna — dubbed "Raffie" — in central-western New South Wales.