Botany

Studying the genetic relationships between desert plants is helping Dr Rachael Fowler to understand how they evolved in Australia’s arid zone, once dense forest

After a career break, Dr Anne-Marie Tosolini is now researching forests that grew in Antarctica around 56 million years ago, providing important data for Earth’s future climate

Unlike us, plants can’t head to the fridge for a midnight snack, but a new study shows they sense time at dusk to conserve energy produced from sunlight during the day

Established in 1926, the University of Melbourne Herbarium has an estimated 150,000 specimens, each with their own story to tell

Researchers have discovered the workings of wood-making cells inside trees, settling a century-old debate about how plants make bark and wood

Ethylene is famous as the chemical that tells bananas to ripen, but new research shows it also helps maintain plants’ circadian clocks

Once a mythological story of unrequited love was used as an explanation. Now we know there is an internal clock driving its daily movement.

One habitat’s sweet meadow flower is another’s worst nightmare. So what makes a plant a weed and how do they get about?