(CNN) — An ancient grove of pine trees whose ancestors are thought to have stood tall among dinosaurs some 200 million years ago has been saved from Australian bushfires in a covert firefighting ...

The Wollemi pine was once known only from 90-million-year-old fossils until fewer than 100 living trees were found in a remote Australian canyon. Conservation efforts helped protect the species by ...

When the fires raging in southeastern Australia threatened the world’s only known natural stand of Wollemi pines, a special crew of firefighters was deployed to protect them. The ancient tree species ...

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Specialist firefighters have saved the world’s last remaining wild stand of a prehistoric tree from wildfires that razed forests west of Sydney, officials said Thursday.

As bushfires blackened forests last summer, one tree species was protected by a specialist team of firefighters: the Wollemi pine. These trees have a deeply ancient lineage dating back to when ...

When the unusual branches of a tall tree were first noticed in a canyon northwest of Sydney in 1994, it sparked great excitement in the botanical world. The tree was new to science. It had very few ...

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