Trees are being cut in a national forest under a multi million dollar plan to make up for environmental damage at the Scout Motors project ...

By Elisabeth Strillacci There is that funny old saying we all know about not being able to pick one’s family, and though I don’t much care for the rest of the saying, I have always been aware that in ...

Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta has issued a decree to save a much-loved century-old fig tree from being cut down to make way for a Chinese-funded highway in the capital Nairobi.

An Australian court suspended on Thursday work to expand a highway after officials cut down an ancient tree that Aboriginal people said was a sacred "directions tree".