The fast-growing, bird-attracting, nitrogen-fixing ways of the Acacia, the biggest plant genus in Australia, comes into the spotlight next week with National Wattle Day on Wednesday. While wattles ...
In this video, we collect blooming acacia flowers from all around the village to prepare a traditional floral morse - a sweet, fragrant drink that celebrates the arrival of spring. This peaceful ...
Soon after white magnolia flowers fell on the ground and azaleas perished in their allurements competitions, acacias start to blossom. The flowers know they need bees to pollinate and how to compete ...
Evolution has forged a tight alliance between East African acacia trees and several species of ant. The ants get a home--inside modified thorns called pseudogalls--and a source of food, produced for ...