Australia claims runner-up in tall tree stakes

Sydney - Australia claimed Saturday that a 101-metre giant swamp gum found last week just 4 kilometres from a popular Tasmanian tourist attraction is the world's tallest hardwood tree, tallest eucalypt and its tallest flowering tree. The 400-year-old whopper is only a few metres shorter than the world-record 115-metre redwood in California's Redwood National Park. "It's hard to believe they have... [read full story]