Deep in New Zealand, construction workers stumbled upon something remarkable: the fossilized remains of a massive kauri tree, buried for 42,000 years. Unlike most ancient remains, this tree had ...

Tāne Mahuta, 51.5m tall with a trunk diameter of 4.5m, was estimated to be 1500 years old. Kauri dieback was caused by Phytophthora agathidicida, a soil-borne pathogen that infected kauri trees ...