As Australian cities heat up and dry out, street trees are emerging as frontline defenders of urban livability.

Rob Thuener strolled through his garden in the May drizzle, pointing out the Zephirine Drouhin, a heavily scented, deep pink, ...

After the assembly, several black students sat under the “white tree.” The next day, white students hung three nooses from the tree. The school principal recommended their expulsion ...