From Tasmania's majestic forest giants to the eucalypt on your nature strip, trees in Australia are many, varied and sometimes huge. But how many are there exactly? And how does their number change ...

In the sun-drenched land of Australia, where vibrant ecosystems once thrived, a symphony of natural wonder and ecological balance painted the landscape. The eucalyptus-scented breeze, the rustle of ...

Brenda Garstone is on the hunt for her heritage. Parts of her cultural inheritance are scattered across the Tanami desert in northwestern Australia, where dozens of ancient boab trees are engraved ...

Kangaroos are an enduring symbol of Australia's uniqueness. To move, they do what no other large mammals do: they hop along on oversized hind legs. So you may be surprised to learn that some kangaroos ...

The Foundation of National Parks & Wildlife – the philanthropic partner of Australia's National Parks – yesterday planted the millionth tree of the Landscape Resilience Program. The planting of the ...

Scientists have now discovered the oldest ancestor for all the Australian tree frogs, with distant links to the tree frogs of South America. Newly discovered evidence of Australia's earliest species ...

A helicopter hovers above the Wollemi National Park as part of the operations to protect these trees from the bush fires. Photo: Courtesy of New South Wales Government The Wollemi Pines in Australia ...

Ian McConachie has spent much of the past 50 years tramping through the rainforest on the hunt for wild macadamia trees. “Finding a wild macadamia is akin to the thrill of finding gold,” he says. Yet ...

If your idea of fun involves scaling a 61-metre-tall ancient tree via nothing but metal pegs hammered into the bark – without a harness – we have good news. One of Australia’s most iconic tree climbs ...