One of the more unusual trees growing in Redlands is the Araucaria bidwillii, commonly called the bunya-bunya tree or false monkey puzzle tree. This large evergreen coniferous tree is a member of one ...

To borrow, perhaps dubiously, from Shakespeare, what’s in a name? After all, a rose by any other name would smell as sweet and, maybe, a monkey puzzle tree by another moniker would still be as ...

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 ...

For millennia, Indigenous knowledge holders have passed down lore to the next generation. Much lore describes the relationships between people and Country, including custodial responsibilities to care ...

Lots of Sebastopudlians will be delighted to learn that engineers for The Barlow project have come up with a plan to save the Australian bunya bunya tree that makes CalTrans and city leaders happy.

Monica Fahey works for the Research Centre for Ecosystem Resilience, Botanic Gardens of Sydney. She received funding from the Australian Research Council. She is also affiliated with Macquarie ...