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STYX VALLEY, Australia — Here in the ancient Tasmanian forest, the world’s tallest hardwood trees rise 250 feet from the valley floor. These are the Eucalyptus regnans -- the king of the ...
Tasmania is home to the world's tallest flowering trees, but many have been at risk of logging. The definition of a 'giant' tree that gets protection has now changed to include more of them ...
Conservationist group The Tree Projects wrote on Monday that: 'Sustainable Timber Tasmania has moved into logging area FO020b in the Florentine Valley.' 'This site had many trees over 80m tall ...
This rare pine tree is a living relic of Tasmania's primordial past. Travelers can take a kayak on a trek through Australia's rainforests to find alpine royalty: the prized King Billy pine tree.
On Monday, the Tasmanian Parks and Wildlife Service (PWS) wrote about the discovery of a "fossilised forest" at Badger Beach, Narawntapu National Park, with photos of what appeared to be a tree ...
TASMANIA, Australia -- There had been reports of a bushfire in the mountains that night. So, before dawn, the beekeepers headed west to check on their hives. Like most of the beekeepers in ...
Horticulturalists and historians are outraged a 170-year-old tree rarely seen in Tasmania has been chopped down because of its dangerously large and heavy pine cones. The bunya pine tree - or ...
Giant trees like Gandalf, this 84 metre mountain ash, are vital to ecosystems. Steve Pearce/The Tree Projects, Author provided (no reuse) Haven’t Tasmania’s forest wars stopped?
Thousands of small black spiders pitched a silk tent over treetops in Tasmania to escape flooding this week. The state is experiencing its worst floods in 40 years and ground spiders are shooting ...