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Bushfires | Natural and devastating as people, wildlife all suffer

    https://youtu.be/3AWp7ULODJ4 Bushfires – especially in Perth – making headlines again for being both “devastating as well as foreseeable “ – are, painfully, part of the ‘normal Australia’ .  Yet, it begs the question- are they becoming more voracious, or more reported? From Geoscience Australia: “Bushfires and grassfires are common throughout Australia. Bushfires are an intrinsic part of Australia’s environment. Natural ecosystems have evolved (with fire, and the landscape, along with its biological diversity, has been shaped by both...

Are plants really important? What about illegal trade?

Animals are exciting because they move, come with a sense of danger ( some can eat you etc ) ,  some make great pets, and so on. Plants are, well, not as exciting? even boring? Certainly overlooked. Question: What was last animal you saw? Can you remember its colour, size and shape? Could you ID it? What about the last plant? A phenomenon called ‘plant blindness’ means we tend to underappreciate the flora around us. That , suggests research including...

Botanical beauties!

The Botanical Art Society of Australia is pleased to present the 2020 Flora exhibition online. Due to the COVID pandemic we are unable to present an in-person exhibition but we wanted to display our members’ works and give the public a chance to purchase these beautiful artworks. To see whose beautiful work is displayed here click here… https://flora.botanicalartsocietyaustralia.com/...

Trees – global breathe machine!

The Dyerville Giant fell to earth in 1991. The Dyerville Giant was a 113-meter (370-foot) coast redwood tree, taller than the Statue of Liberty, in Humboldt Redwoods State Park, California. The crash was so loud that people in the closest towns thought it was the noise of a big train accident. The redwood’s fall moved the earth so much that it registered on a nearby seismograph, a device scientists use to measure earthquakes. Dave Stockton, who runs the Humboldt Redwoods Interpretive Association, remembers visiting the downed redwood the day after it...

Plants in your garden

With the Coronavirus meaning that we cannot access museums, botanical gardens, zoos, National parks etc – we turn to Nature in our backyards and nearby. Here are some online resources to help out your IDENTIFICATION needs UNITED KINGDOM The Botanical Society has great ID resources here The Field studies centre excellent charts – note there is a cost Biodiversity resources might be helpful You could Bioblitz your garden If you have Wildflowers contact Wildflower Society UNITED STATES For United States...