Because acacia leaves are touched mainly by ants' legs, she extracted the legs of mutualistic and parasitic ants and tested the effect of the extracts on the growth of bacterial pathogens in the lab.

In Africa and in the tropics, armies of tiny creatures make the twisting stems of acacia plants their homes. Aggressive, stinging ants feed on the sugary nectar the plant provides and live in nests ...

Ant-acacia plants attract ants by offering specialized food and hollow thorns in which the ants live, while the ant colony in turn defends its acacia against herbivores. This mutualistic relationship ...

One of the most successful Australian native plants over the past ten years has been Acacia ‘Limelight'. This stunning dwarf Acacia was bred by native plant gurus Native Plant wholesalers in South ...

Q: My young acacia tree has abundant growth but only on the top half of the branches. Each of these branches is losing many leaves halfway up the branch. There is a lot of growth at the top of the ...

One of the most successful Australian native plants over the past ten years has been Acacia ‘Limelight'. This stunning dwarf Acacia was bred by native plant gurus Native Plant wholesalers in South ...