Aim Many Australian Acacia species have been widely planted around the world. Some taxa are among the most aggressive of invasive alien plants and cause severe ecosystem degradation. We aimed to ...

Aim: Interactions with pollinators and pre-dispersal seed predators are important determinants of reproductive output and could influence the success of plant species introduced to areas outside their ...

The bright golden wattle - Acacia pycnantha - is Australia’s national flower, but this emblem has a dark side, with scientists now concerned by growing fire risks posed by the global spread of Acacia ...

I listened with interest to a recent ABC (Australia Broadcasting Corporation) radio program talk about how Australia's wattle, the acacia tree, could be used as a source of protein in Ethiopia. The ...

Ecologist Dr Matt Prescott describes how native plants can be harbingers for extreme weather events. IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE TO watch the devastating floods that recently hit Queensland, New South Wales and ...

The wattle is Australia's national flower, but our bright golden emblem has a dark side with scientists now concerned by growing fire risks posed by the global spread of the species formally known as ...