Within the myrtle (Myrtaceae) family of plants, three genera contain shrub and tree species commonly known as gum trees: Eucalyptus (the majority of gum species), Angophora, and Corymbia. The latter ...

Australian scientists have found a new way to detect gold buried deep beneath the earth - through gold found in gum tree leaves. Geochemist Mel Lintern said it appeared the trees sucked up the gold ...

Eucalyptus trees -- or gum trees as they are known -- are drawing up gold particles from the earth via their root system and depositing it their leaves and branches. Eucalyptus trees in the Kalgoorlie ...

A mother koala named Kali and her joey, monitored by not-for-profit conservation organisation Science for Wildlife, as part of the Blue Mountains Koala Project spearheaded to plan for koala recovery ...