A number of animals, plants and an entire ecosystem were added to Australia's extinction watch list in 2024. We look at the new species under threat.

During the voyage, Banks and his team made the first scientific collections of Australian flora. Their specimens were sketched by Sydney Parkinson, whose pioneering illustrations were published last ...

Australia's unique flora and fauna exist in carefully calibrated ecosystems that have evolved over tens of thousands of years. Changes to these environments – regardless of scale and severity ...

WE are carrying out a survey of the native flora of Australia for the presence of antibacterial substances. Much of this flora is unique and may well provide new and interesting antibiotics.