In 2008, while investigating a clandestine drug lab, forensic scientists from WA's ChemCentre found something odd—a pile of wet bark, stripped from a wattle tree and stewed. It turns out ...

One wet Saturday night in late October, a procession of drummers, fire dancers and other spiritual pilgrims marched out a front door on East 16th Street. Darkness and downpour didn’t prevent their ...

MAUI, Hawai'i (Island News) -- As fire season begins, conservationists on Maui are removing fire-prone trees near upcountry homes impacted by the 2023 fires. The effort is not as simple as it may ...

A contractor working on the Kula Community Watershed Alliance’s Wipe Out Wattle Project uses fall-protection equipment while removing black wattle from a steep slope. Photo courtesy Kula Community ...

Joel Mudahana inspects mature wattle trees harvested. He is among farmers who invested millions of shillings to plant hundreds of acres under wattle trees dedicated to charcoal burning but cannot burn ...