At the foot of China’s Zhongnan Mountains, golden leaves blanket the courtyard of the Gu Guanyin Temple. The source of this ...

Here’s a look at seven of those oldest living trees that still exist: Pando, a clonal colony of quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides) in Utah's Fishlake National Forest, is estimated to be over ...

The Drap D'Or de Bretagna is one of a few historic apples that are the genetic ancestors of many of the common varieties we ...

Then in 2010, another researcher restarted the project, finding one core that seemed to suggest a still-living tree might be 5,062 years old. But that researcher died before the work was complete ...

This unnamed tree is the oldest known living tree in eastern North America ... long-lived as their Great Basin relatives, but they can still achieve a very advanced age. A study published in ...

The other is still living, its branches festooned with rich ... Books that focuses on the science and wonder of 10 of the oldest trees in the United States. Visit Smithsonian Books’ website ...

Now the oldest known tree is another bristlecone pine in the White Mountains of California, named Methuselah. However, you can still find bristlecone pines in Nevada. Here's a look at the oldest ...

Now, Lahaina’s historic 150-year-old banyan tree has been charred by the wildfires and is dull in color – but still alive. “Banyan Tree in Lahaina smoldering at the base, but still standing ...

Likely still a sapling when it was dug up from ... There it survives today, now more than 100 feet tall and possibly the oldest living palm tree in a city of many. Above: Workers prepare to ...