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Seeking the light

Wednesday, 10 April 2013

They can tell blue from red, night from day, and a sunny spring afternoon from the autumn gloom. Plants can see, but not quite like you and I do.

Greenpeace destroys CSIRO wheat GM trial

Thursday, 14 July 2011 - 74 comments

In the early hours of July 14, Greenpeace protestors gained illegal entry into an experimental CSIRO operated farm near Canberra and destroyed a crop of genetically modified (GM) wheat.

Nature’s best examples of symbiosis

Monday, 27 December 2010

From hitchhiking anemones to fungus-farming ants, here are eight examples of symbiosis in nature.

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