"Secret Planting of 66 Million-Year-Old 'Living Fossil' Tree"

Scientists are planting "living fossil" Wollemi pines in secret locations to save the species from extinction, with only around 60 remaining in Wollemi National Park due to threats from a pathogenic water mold and wildfires. The slow-growing trees, which were rediscovered in 1994, are being reintroduced to their natural habitat, but face challenges such as drought, bushfires, and climate change. The effort is multi-generational, as it will take decades, if not centuries, for the translocated populations to become self-sustaining and produce second-generation seedlings.