It has been 250 years since naturalist Joseph Banks sailed to the Pacific with James Cook aboard HMB Endeavour. During the voyage, Banks and his team made the first scientific collections of ...

Australia has one of the world's highest rates of extinctions with about 100 species of flora and fauna lost since European colonisation. There were 42 new additions to the national list of ...

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.