A new QUT-led study has developed a statistical toolbox to help avoid seagrass loss which provides shelter, food and oxygen to fish and at-risk species like dugongs and green turtles.

The banana—or at least the fruit as we know it—is facing an existential crisis. 

Scientists have found how to relieve a bottleneck in the process by which plants transform sunlight into food, which may lead to an increase in crop production. 

New research led by academics at the University of Bristol Veterinary and Medical Schools used the 'One Health' approach to study three bacterial species in the noses of young cattle and found the carriage of the bacteria was surprisingly different. 

Plants can tell the time, and this affects their responses to certain herbicides used in agriculture according to new research led by the University of Bristol. 

When it comes to groundwater quality, fracking receives much of the public attention but misses most of the picture.

Researchers from Swinburne University of Technology and the University of California synthesised 80 years of tree ring research from tropical forests to pinpoint how well they use water.

Unlike animals, plants cannot move and tap into new resources when there is a scarcity or lack of nutrients. 

More than 450 non-native insects and diseases have found their way into U.S. forests, and the millions of trees killed by these pests each year contain more than 5.53 teragrams of carbon (TgC) — equal to the emissions of 4.4 million cars, or the carbon released by one-fifth of all wildfires in the U.S. annually, according to a new study.

Termites are unwelcome in your home. They can cause structural damage to the wood in frames, floors and other materials.