"Australian soldiers hid in a cave during The Battle of Tobruk and at the front of it this fig tree was growing, and it protected them from the Luftwaffe [German army]," he said. "They brought ...

The Ficus macrocarpa has common names, including Chinese banyan, Malayan Banyan, Indian laurel, and curtain fig. Its native habitat spans the tropical regions of southeastern Asia and Australia. This ...

The fig tree, which also covers a much-loved local ... including the National Trust of Australia (1974) and the Australian Heritage Commission Register of the National Estate (1978).

working together they can kill a tree in two years by blocking water and sap to its roots and leaves. It is feared entire ...

A century-old Moreton Bay fig tree has been stripped of council protection yet again in a saga landowners have deemed “long” and “stressful”. The Cattalini family returned to Fremantle ...

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Former refugee Hussam Al-Saraf says a tree he has painstakingly grafted to bear 10 different fruits is a metaphor for how a successful society should function. Iraqi-Australian Hussam Al-Saraf was ...

Buyers are competing for more homes in Brisbane, with new data revealing the number of properties hitting the market rose ...

But it is no ordinary tree. The majestic fig tree, which is 100 years old and towers over a section of Waiyaki Way in the west of Nairobi, had been sentenced to death to make way for an expressway ...

A Catalyst special. Dr Ann Jones and Paul West investigate the extraordinary lives of Australia's oldest, largest and most iconic trees. In this two part series, a panel of expert judges digest the ...

Yahoo's live news blog for Monday, September 30 has concluded. Qantas engineers continued their strike action today with ...