Australia Day, celebrated annually on 26 January, is the official national day of Australia, commemorating the establishment of the first European settlement on the continent of Australia. The date is that of the foundation of a British penal colony in New South Wales, by Captain Arthur Phillip, the first Governor.
Where are our Australian Plimates? picked by 2manyusernames 7 months ago

U.S. scientists have found tropical plants might be more adaptable than thought to changing rainfall patterns accompanying global warming. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Australia has overtaken the United States as the world's most obese nation, a new report says.

The report, Australia's Future Fat Bomb, says 26 per cent of adult Australians - almost 4 million people - are now obese picked by aclister 2 months ago

The oldest known diamonds, almost as old as the Earth itself, have been found in Australia and could hold the key to unlocking how the planet's crust evolved. picked by pepersconc 12 months ago

With 50,000 units sold since March, Sony is ecstatic to exclaim that PS3 is the top selling system in Australia and has been outselling the Wii and Xbox 360 every week. picked by punthe 1 year ago

More than a million roam the Outback, mostly in South Australia, the Northern Territory and Western Australia. Biologists say the population is doubling every eight years.

Mmmmm! Camel, it's what's for dinner. picked by tigertony 6 months ago

Britain used to ship convicts to Australia. Now it is about to send overweight youths. New reality television series "Fat Teens Can't Hunt" -- a kind of "Survivor" meets "The Biggest Loser" -- will see 10 overweight British teenagers sent to Australia's outback to live and eat with remote Aboriginal communities. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

The first fossil tracks belonging to large, carnivorous dinosaurs have been discovered in Victoria, Australia, by paleontologists. The tracks are especially significant for showing that large dinosaurs were living in a polar environment during the Cretaceous Period, when Australia was still joined to Antarctica and close to the South Pole. picked by AutumnLotus 10 months ago

What color will alien plants be? The question matters scientifically because the surface color of a planet can reveal whether anything lives there—specifically, whether organisms collect energy from the parent star by the process of photosynthesis. picked by 2manyusernames 4 months ago

Threats from Australia to take Japan to an international court over their plans to hunt and kill 50 Humpback Whales have resulted in a Japanese climb down.

This does not yet impact Japan's other whaling activities picked by pocksucket 8 months ago

Beginning this crop season, farmers will be able to receive text messages on their cell phones from their plants saying whether they are thirsty or not. picked by AutumnLotus 4 months ago

Scientists have figured out a way to trick plants into doing the dirty work of environmental cleanup. Researchers at the University of Washington have genetically altered poplar trees to pull toxins out of contaminated ground water, offering a cost-effective way of cleaning up environmental pollutants. picked by AutumnLotus 10 months ago

Plants make actual voice calls to owners to inform them of its needs. Owners can in turn call their plants to find out more about them. picked by misswinkle 1 year ago

Dutch ecologist Roxina Soler and her colleagues have discovered that subterranean and aboveground herbivorous insects can communicate with each other by using plants as telephones. Subterranean insects issue chemical warning signals via the leaves of the plant. This way, aboveground insects are alerted that the plant is already ”˜occupied’. picked by AutumnLotus 4 months ago

A new process may allow plants to become the root of chemicals, plastics and fuels rather than oil. picked by kxmk 1 year ago

People who call themselves "environmentalists" wants Australia to kill every last member of the 1700 horses that roam free in a national park that is famous for its wild horses. Why do they want these animals destroyed? To save a frog, some plants, and a possum of course. picked by 2manyusernames 7 months ago

Pervy Plants, Flirty Flora, and Ribald Redwoods! Oh My! I don't know, for some reason I get out in nature and feel like making love ... picked by misswinkle 11 months ago

Ever hear of a carnivorous plant? What about a plant that smells like rotting meat when it blooms? It may sound like something out of a horror movie or science fiction novel but these plants really exist. Here is a list of the World's Strangest Plants: picked by eranjack 1 month ago

Plants chatter amongst themselves to spread information, a lot like humans and other animals, new research suggests. picked by AutumnLotus 11 months ago

Australia has officially won back the ashes from England in the third cricket test match. Australia's attention is now on a 5-0 whitewash.
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