The Wollemi pine tree is a freak of nature. It was assumed the tree was extinct until a group of hikers came across the unusual specimen in 1994 while trekking around a canyon northwest of Sydney.

Exposure to pine nuts in a Christmas tree generally poses a low risk for those with a food allergy to them, Rubin said, because they typically only cause allergic reactions once eaten.

The Wollemi pine was thought to have gone extinct 2 million years ago until it was rediscovered by a group of hikers in 1994. Now, scientists have decoded its genome to understand how it's ...

A seriously old tree. The Wollemi pine is one of the world’s oldest and rarest trees. According to the NSW Government, only 46 adult trees and 43 juveniles remain in the wild.

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A prehistoric tree, long thought to be extinct, is alive and well at the Oregon Zoo. Referred to by the zoo as a “dinosaur tree,” the Wollemi Pine was only known ...