You might not have heard of buffel grass, a robust and invasive grass that has spread across tens of thousands of square kilometres of inland Australia. But you might know its effects. Most people ...

As the semi-arid Pilliga Scrub burns in New South Wales, many of us are thinking about fire once again. It's an El Niño summer in the hottest year on record. And there's a remarkable amount of grass ...

A pasture grass spread beyond the places where it was planted Buffel grass, or Cenchrus ciliaris, is native to Africa, India and parts of Asia, and is drought tolerant, deep rooted, long lived and ...

A new QUT-led study has found both grazing mammals and plant-eating insects together play a major role in maintaining the health of Australia's endangered grassy woodlands. The three-year study, ...

The Nature Index 2026 Research Leaders reveal the leading institutions and countries/territories in the natural sciences, health sciences, applied sciences and social sciences, according to their ...

Ganalay and guli are species of native grasses - used as a food source and ground into a flour - that used to thrive on the black alluvial soil plains of Moree, New South Wales, particularly after ...