Scientists believe the famed ‘Methuselah tree’ was alive before the foundation of the Roman Empire and the building of the ...

This spreading network of natural habitat formed through asexual reproduction revealed genetic data that proved it to be the ...

The quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides) is one of Colorado’s most iconic trees and maybe its most dramatic. With smooth white ...

Aysin Cilek, 22, was travelling via train to Birmingham Moor Street last Tuesday when she was approached by a stranger, whom ...

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.

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 ...

Fact Briefs Is the trunk of Minneapolis’ once-oldest tree still lying on the site where the tree is memorialized? The Seward neighborhood bur oak was declared dead and cut down in 2010.

The planet's trees have seen plenty of history pass by their trunks. In fact, they began to populate Earth 385 million years ago, toward the end of the Devonian period. Considered living ...

On America’s Birthday, Consider ‘Old Things in Heaven’ The death of the oldest tree in Washington, D.C. prompts reflection on America’s age.

On an early day in July, I had the pleasure of previewing some of the gardens that will be featured during the Aug. 9 Master ...

A recent study in the Malheur National Forest found old growth tress were dying off, primarily due to competition from younger trees.