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'This needs to happen fast': Scientists race to cryopreserve a critically endangered tree before it goes extinct

Less than 400 angle-stemmed myrtle specimens remain in the wild in Australia. Scientists are working on ways to preserve the species so that we can bring it back at any point if it dies out.

Scientists raise red flags as iconic US tree species faces worsening crisis: 'Under extraordinary threat'

An invasive fungus called white pine blister rust is spreading rapidly through Montana's limber pine forests. Brought to ...

Researchers using cryopreservation to save critically endangered Gossia gonoclada

Cryopreservation is being used to help save a critically endangered tree found only in south-east Queensland. There are only 380 specimens of Gossia gonoclada, or angle-stemmed myrtle, left in the ...

Orange Crabs in the Machine: How Rust is rewriting the rules of modern software

At RustConf 2025 in Seattle, Microsoft, Amazon, and the broader developer community marked key milestones for Rust — an ...