The Australian Pro Tour may not return to Alice Springs next season unless organisers obtain permission to lop sacred gum trees whose leaves are falling on the court and posing a hazard to players. In ...

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 ...