Asymptotic properties of the Green’s function of an electromagnetic field in the far zone of biaxial anisotropic media are examined, based on ideas proposed by Lax and Nelson [Phys. Rev. B 4, 3694 (1971)]. The rather complicated structure of the wave surface and the ray surface, in particular the existence of their singular points, is taken into account. Starting from a detailed analysis of the wave-surface Gaussian curvature, we find the directions of Green’s-function asymptotic behavior differing from the usual ${\mathit{R}}^{\mathrm{-}1}$ relationship. These directions are the directions along the biradials of a biaxial medium, and the infinite sets of directions defined by a wave vector directed along every one of the binormals. In the first case, the asymptotical form of the Green’s function is proportional to ${\mathit{R}}^{\mathrm{-}1/2}$; in the second case, this asymptotical form is proportional to ${\mathit{R}}^{\mathrm{-}5/4}$. A smooth transition from the asymptotic form proportional to ${\mathit{R}}^{\mathrm{-}1/2}$ to the usual asymptotic form is analyzed. The possibility of an experimental observation of this unusual asymptotic behavior is discussed.

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