Deep in Tasmania's remote valleys and mountains grow trees whose direct ancestors lived with dinosaurs. Many are thousands of years old, some over ten millennia. Prize-winning nature writer Andrew Darby takes us on an island odyssey to discover these ancient survivors: the mysterious King's Lomatia, perhaps the oldest single tree alive; the primeval King Billy, Pencil and Huon pines with their stories of human admiration and destruction; and the majestic giant eucalypts. He shares tales of the scientists and nature-lovers who identified these ancients and now work to protect them from climate change and fire, offering hope for their future.
| ISBN: | 9781761069239 |
| Publication date: | 7th May 2026 |
| Author: | Andrew Darby |
| Publisher: | Allen & Unwin an imprint of Atlantic Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 304 pages |
| Genres: |
The environment |
Deep in Tasmania's remote valleys and mountains grow trees whose direct ancestors lived with dinosaurs. Many are thousands of years old, some over ten millennia. Prize-winning nature writer Andrew Darby takes us on an island odyssey to discover these ancient survivors: the mysterious King's Lomatia, perhaps the oldest single tree alive; the primeval King Billy, Pencil and Huon pines with their stories of human admiration and destruction; and the majestic giant eucalypts. He shares tales of the scientists and nature-lovers who identified these ancients and now work to protect them from climate change and fire, offering hope for their future.
The Ancients features in the following genres: The environment
The Ancients is available in Paperback
The Ancients was written by Andrew Darby and published by Allen & Unwin an imprint of Atlantic Books
The Ancients has 304 pages
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