At this very moment, fires rage in Los Angeles. It’s the worst in the region’s history. So far, it’s killed more than two ...

Despite its introduction to the Indian subcontinent nearly 400 years ago, eucalyptus is often unfairly criticised. Some ...

Portuguese eucalyptus forests are helping to replace plastics, but as the country’s climate warms up, this highly flammable tree is a growing threat to people and biodiversity. Portuguese ...

Non-native grasses and eucalyptus trees brought to California centuries ago for agriculture and landscaping have reshaped the ...

Statistics from the Kenya Forest Service (KFS) indicate that the area under eucalyptus tripled from less than 50,000 ha in 2009 to the current 150,000 ha, making it the most popular and preferred ...

Before Europeans settled Australia more than two centuries ago, about ten million koalas lived in a 1,500-mile-long swath of the east coast eucalyptus forests. Hunted for their luxurious fur ...

Several readers have asked whether Australia's famous eucalyptus trees have helped spread the bushfires which have raged for months. Also known as the gum tree, these forests are some of the most ...

BENGALURU: The state forest department is undertaking the task of uprooting old eucalyptus trees from government and forest lands in the state, after obtaining permission from the Central government.

They were a minor plant, so to speak, until about 20 million years ago when a drying of the continent and a depletion of ground nutrients allowed for a more open forest type. Now, the eucalyptus ...