In this issue populated by plants and fish:
• John Pate digs deep to decipher what lies at the root of southwest Australia’s dazzlingly diverse flora.
• Michael Whitehead portrays the swindlers that lure their pollinators with a false promise of sex.
• Brian Cooke explains why controlling rabbits may be more important than protecting dingoes to save threatened desert mammals.
• Ruth Thurstan delves into the archives to reveal what old fishing tales can tell us about snapper.
• Mark McCormick explores what happens to young reef fishes when coral dies.