An unusual northern rātā tree that looks like it is striding across an empty field has been crowned New Zealand's Tree of the Year. The giant plant, which looks strikingly similar to an Ent from ...

Tree surgeons won't go near the landmark - nicknamed Treebeard after the Ents' leader - after one worker fell from a ladder breaking a leg trying to trim its branches.

Ents are mythological tree creatures from fantasy writer JRR Tolkein's Lord of the Rings, and serve as forest guardians. The 35 seedlings were grown at Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh and are the " ...