Melbourne Zoo is using an ancient Egyptian method to relocate a 120-tonne tree into its new lion enclosure. The 60-year-old Moreton Bay Fig is being moved across the zoo into a site that will ...

A recent feature on Melbourne’s favourite trees included a call-out for tips on beauties The Age might have overlooked on our first sweep. ... A beautiful Moreton Bay fig at Logan Park, Altona.

Locals are shocked as century-old Moreton Bay fig trees, popular as wedding backdrops, are killed — but the council says it’s the only way forward. The Polyphagus shot-hole borer beetle is ...