polar forest /newsroom/ en Tropical plants discovered in Tasmania’s ancient Polar Forest /newsroom/news/list/2024/09/02/tropical-plants-discovered-in-tasmanias-ancient-polar-forest New remains of a 53-million-year-old polar forest have been unearthed near Macquarie Harbour in western Tasmania, unveiling previously unknown ancestral origins of rainforest plants in the southern polar region. September 03 2024 Rhiannon Koch /newsroom/news/list/2024/09/02/tropical-plants-discovered-in-tasmanias-ancient-polar-forest