Plants and Animals
Australia’s First Asian Elephant Calf
All-Red Snow Plants – Nourished by Fungi
IT emerges from the soil like a mini-plastic Christmas tree in the image of a red Mexican succulent. But it’s not a succulent or even an entire plant and it’s not from Mexico. Rather it’s the flowering stalk of a species closely related to the … [Read more...] about All-Red Snow Plants – Nourished by Fungi
Oil Washes Ashore
Up to 100,000 litres of oil leaked into Moreton Bay after the Pacific Adventurer cargo ship was holed on Wednesday morning, and the slicks are now blanketing 60 kilometres of Queensland's coastline. Read more here. … [Read more...] about Oil Washes Ashore
New Jungles
By one estimate, for every acre of rain forest cut down each year, more than 50 acres of new forest are growing in the tropics on land that was once farmed, logged or ravaged by natural disaster. Read more here in the New York Times. This good … [Read more...] about New Jungles
Do Plants Produce Methane?
The recent finding that plants could be a major source of the atmosphere's methane is challenged by new research. Read more here. … [Read more...] about Do Plants Produce Methane?
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.
