Pencil pines grow for more than a thousand years each, and only in Tasmania. As lightning fires become more common, humans must mobilise to protect them – or lose these ancients forever Steve Leonard ...

What is the best pencil Christmas tree? Millions of people purchase artificial Christmas trees every year. They are easy to assemble, are fire-resistant, don’t require watering and retain their ...

He is surrounded by trees on the Overland Track – gnarled myrtle beech, spindly snow gum – but he is looking for one tree in particular. Time is short. Steely clouds are tearing at the dolerite peaks ...

Climate change could leave the 1,000-year-old conifers too stressed to seed, but a two-person cone-gathering operation aims to safeguard their survival Hunched against the wind in Tasmania’s central ...