Prehistoric and Critically Endangered ‘Dinosaur Tree’ Bears Fruit for First time in British...

One of the world’s rarest trees—a prehistoric species that dinosaurs used to snack on—is bearing fruit for the first time after a retired couple planted it in their garden years ago.

Wollemi pines – dubbed dinosaur trees – date back more than 90 million years and were thought to have died out with T-Rex, but a cluster of the prehistoric conifers was discovered in 1994, in a steep-sided gorge 125 miles west of Sydney, Australia.

Saplings and cuttings were sold to help save the critically endangered species—and one was planted at the foot of the Malvern Hills in England by retired couple Pamela and Alistair Thompson.