The strange tree, which has been nicknamed the "walking tree" because it looks like it's striding across a field, is a northern rātā (Metrosideros robusta) — one of New Zealand's tallest ...

But the effort is worth it, considering you wind up in the middle of a pristine forest that houses a rather unusual find: walking palm trees. Like the Ents from JRR Tolkien’s epic Lord of the ...

walking tree ' - a giant tree that appears to walk across an empty plain - has been named the 2024 champion of the Tree of the Year, an annual competition run by the New Zealand Tree Society.

In a scene reminiscent of Tolkien’s Middle-earth, a solitary northern rātā tree with a striking resemblance to a walking Ent has been crowned New Zealand’s 2024 Tree of the Year. That’s ...

A bizarre, giant tree with a pair of leg-like trunks looks like an Ent from "The Lord of the Rings" — and it has just been crowned New Zealand's Tree of the Year after strolling past the rest of ...