The arid mountain forest of eastern California holds an ancient secret aged beyond that of even the pyramids of Giza and the ancient city of Babylon. The Methuselah tree, hidden in the forests of ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Trees older than empires are not as rare as you might think ...

BILLINGS – For more than 5,000 years, a stand of whitebark pine trees in the Beartooth Mountains were preserved in an ice patch. During an ancient warm period, the trees had grown at an elevation ...

Colorado might be the last place you'd think of with redwoods; this utterly underrated national park site and its petrified wood prove otherwise.

A few things on this planet are old enough to make history books look recent, and that includes some living trees that have weathered through tons of challenges. Scientists have dated them, and locals ...

BIG PINE, Calif. (KSWB/KUSI) — Hidden high in the White Mountains of eastern California, a gnarled, weathered tree quietly holds a staggering secret — it’s nearly 5,000 years old. Known as the ...

In Romania, a walk in the woods blossomed into a mission to safeguard centuries-old beeches and the history that shaped them. Credit... Supported by Photographs by Nicholas J. R. White Text by Alan ...

Most trees don’t ask for much attention. They grow slowly and mind their own leafy business. But among Earth’s 73,000 tree species, some are rare and legendary. They stand out not because they’re the ...

The remains of an ancient forest have been discovered in a popular hiking area of the Rocky Mountains. Surrounded by backcountry hiking trails, the Beartooth plateau is a frozen tundra that sits at ...