A giant stick insect species found in Australia’s Wet Tropics named Acrophylla alta can reach 40 centimetres in length and ...

Research on Tasmania’s large old trees has given designers good reason to reflect on the many things about trees that humans ...

A world-first tool is tracking Australia's progress in sequencing the full genomes—or genetic blueprints—of the country's 250 ...

Koalas spend most of their time in trees — but are in deadly danger when they descend to the ground, new research shows.

JJ Harrison/Wikimedia , CC BY Picture this. A small, rainbow-coloured chick emerges from its nest for the first time. It ...

The Arboretum’s eucalyptus collection was started by UCSC’s first chancellor, Dean McHenry. Chosen from 80 species donated by Max Watson, the first plantings were made in summer 1965 by forestry ...