A professor's casual hike in the High Sierra turned into a new elevation record for California's highest tree, the Jeffrey pine, which wasn't formerly known to grow at extreme elevations.

The decaying nature of ancient and veteran trees is one of their key characteristics because of the microhabitats they offer ...

A Scottish legend claims the Roman governor who ordered Jesus' crucifixion may have been born in this Highland village ...

Trees can grow to become some of the oldest living organisms on our planet. In fact, the average redwood lifespan is around 800 to 1,500 years, with some able to span 2 millenia. But now in southern ...

Tree healer Jin Hongjun, 55, vividly recalls the painstaking efforts to save China's beloved 4,500-year-old "General Cypress" ...

While Explorer 1 reentered Earth's atmosphere in 1970 ... skywatching events and more! Snagging the oldest orbiting satellite of any nation would not be easy, but is worthy of further study ...

Firefighters in Central California were working Tuesday to contain a wildfire near the Nevada border threatening a forest home to the oldest trees in the world, after making good progress on ...

Firefighters in central California were working Tuesday to contain a wildfire near the Nevada border threatening a forest home to the oldest trees in the world, after making good progress on ...

The forest includes the Methuselah Tree, which may be the oldest living organism on Earth. In an effort to protect the tree, the U.S. Forest Service does not disclose its exact location.

President Donald Trump has confirmed the White House will remove a magnolia tree from the property that is said to have been planted by President Andrew Jackson nearly 200 years ago. The seed from ...