Australia is a bird lover’s delight. Even those of us who haven’t taken up birding as an obsession can’t help but be delighted by the wealth of brightly colored, charismatic species. One large and ...

These nostalgic flowers from Australian gardens deserve a comeback! Find out if your favourite childhood plant is on the list ...

That’s the call from the industry’s peak body, Flower Industry Australia, which claims the flower industry deals with “significant biosecurity risks” from imported blooms every year. It comes after a ...

New research has shown that certain Australian native flowers have shifted away from using insects as pollinators and evolved their flower color to the red hues favored by birds. New research has ...

Some Australian-grown flowers will be bunched together by new green and gold rubber bands to help buyers identify local blooms. Australian flower growers hope new labelling will encourage people to ...

MELBOURNE, Australia — A rare bloom with a pungent odor like decaying flesh has opened in the Australian capital in the nation’s third such extraordinary flowering in as many months. The corpse flower ...

Before antibiotics and antiseptics, healers across ancient Egypt, Greece, and China reached for honey to treat wounds. Archaeological evidence shows humans have been harvesting and collecting honey ...

Try growing the Australian fan flower. Like most Aussies, this annual flower is tough, surviving extreme heat and drought while keeping its cool. A lovely trailer, with thick green leaves and blue fan ...

Museums and herbariums often share samples of various plant species, allowing experts around the world to study rare specimens. But a recent collaborative effort between the National Museum of Natural ...