Corpse flower blooms at Canberra's Australian National Botanic Gardens for the first time
The corpse flower at the Australian National Botanic Gardens is at least 15 years old but had never flowered before now.
Fossils show leaf-eating insects tracked gum trees for millions of years
How far would leaf-eating insects go to dine on their favorite food? Perhaps the other side of the world, according to ...
Behind the scenes at the Botanic Garden, it’s more zoo than greenhouse
Secret doors, smoke plumes, air locks, a million species and shipwrecked treasures: this world-renowned Sydney establishment could be the most biodiverse spot in the country.
How caterpillars bring joy to a garden
Butterflies and moths look alike and are in the same family, Lepidoptera. Their life cycles start with eggs that hatch to ...
How Putricia the Blooming Corpse Flower—the Internet’s Stinkiest It Girl—Should Dress for Her Coming Out
Popping up on my FYP, all three meters of her, was Putricia the Corpse Flower, the Botanic Gardens of Sydney’s Araceae It ...
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Corpse flower ‘Putricia’ begins long-awaited stinky bloom
while other corpse flowers have bloomed in other Australian cities in recent years. Thousands turned out to Adelaide Botanic Garden in 2023 to watch the 1.5m-tall specimen unfurl its leaves.
Cost of supermarket staple could rise if highly-contagious virus spreads
One Aussie state reportedly suffered more than $20 million in losses after the virus was detected on three farms.
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We Australians Have Learned From Our Bushfires. Can Californians?
Badham is an Australian journalist who wrote from Ballarat ... some species of local plant life have even evolved to need bushfires for seed germination. As Angelenos stand in the ashes of ...