Today is not only the first day of spring but also National Wattle Day. It is 21 years since the golden wattle was declared Australia's official national flower. A new exhibition celebrating the ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. The fast-growing, bird-attracting, nitrogen-fixing ways of the Acacia, the biggest plant genus in Australia, comes into the spotlight ...

When it is winter here in the Midwest, it is, of course, summer in the southern hemisphere. On January 26 each year, (which is Australia Day), I think a lot about Australia where I was born. The ...

Don't miss out on the headlines from Tweed Heads. Followed categories will be added to My News. About 950 different species of wattles grow throughout the country, distinctive with their yellow floral ...

The gall-forming wasp would lay its eggs in the Sydney Golden Wattle flower buds, inducing abnormal growths (galls) that prevent flowers from forming and seed production. Photo / Supplied A decision ...

Traditional Owners in Australia are the creators of millennia worth of traditional ecological knowledge – an understanding of how to live amid changing environmental conditions. Seasonal calendars are ...

Tammar wallabies at Werribee Open Range Zoo in Victoria were treated to a feast of golden wattle, a native Australian flower, to welcome spring down under.Footage released by the zoo shows the ...