"10 per cent of the trees have died and none of those remaining are producing flowers or fruit," explained botanist Rod Fensham.

Myrtle rust is a devastating fungal disease that affects lilly pilly, myrtles and gum trees. Here's what it looks like and how to remove it.

Scientists and nursery workers race to save a newly identified tree species in Queensland branded "living dead", after a ...

Researchers say they are in a race against time to save the tree from a deadly fungal disease. In 2010, a bright yellow ...

Flowers on a healthy Rhodamnia zombi tree prior to infection by myrtle rust.(Photo credit: The University of Queensland ) A recently identified tree ...

A recently identified tree species in Queensland has been given the name "zombie" by scientists who say ambitious assistance is needed to reverse its "living dead" status. University of Queensland ...

A recently identified tree species in Australia has been given the name ‘zombie’ by scientists who say ambitious assistance is needed to reverse its ‘living dead’ status. University of Queensland ...

An Australian nursery has propagated 50 cuttings as part of a plan to prevent the extinction of a rare native tree. The newly ...

However, the team that named it hold hopes with recent progress that, one day, its designation could be ironic, if its future ...