The stump of a kauri tree in New Zealand is still alive thanks to a network of intertwined roots that share resources, researchers have found, a network described as a forest "superorganism." ...

A tree stump that should be dead is still alive; here's why Date: July 25, 2019 Source: Cell Press Summary: Within a shrouded New Zealand forest, a tree stump keeps itself alive by holding onto ...

An ancient kauri tree, unearthed near Ngawha Springs in New Zealand, bore witness to a lengthy disintegration of the planet’s magnetic field, a period known as the Laschamp excursion.

Humans fare poorly after having their heads chopped off, but for some trees losing their tops just means the opening of a second act. Foresters have long marveled at so-called living stumps, tree ...

Kauri dieback, discovered in 2006, spreads through the movement of infested soil, often via mud on shoes. Once close to a kauri, the disease's spores infect its roots, causing them to rot.

An ancient tree that contains a record of a reversal of Earth's magnetic field has been discovered in New Zealand. The tree—an Agathis australis, better known as its Māori name kauri—was ...

In a rain forest near Auckland, New Zealand, a leafless kauri tree stump rises a few feet off the ground.These trees can become giants: The country’s biggest, Tāne Mahuta, or the “Lord of the ...

But logging dating from the 1800s, combined with a new disease that started killing the large trees in the mid-1980s, has decimated the kauri. The tree’s population stands at just 4 percent of ...

Stephen King, a kauri reforestation expert, watched helplessly as a healthy 600-year-old kauri near his home in the Waipoua Forest turned brown and died in just two months. "A beautiful big tree ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand -- In an ancient grove in northern New Zealand, the mighty conifer known as Tane Mahuta, lord of the forest, is threatened by the encroachment of a deadly enemy.

WAIPOURA, NEW ZEALAND » It’s a giant tree so awe-inspiring that the local Maoris named it Tane Mahuta, or “God of the Forest.” But a sad truth, they add, is that before industry and disease ...