The Silver fire in Inyo and Mono counties continued to burn Monday morning, scorching 1,250 acres and spurring evacuations.

Ancient trees like Methuselah and Alerce Milenario serve as living records of the planet's history and climate changes. Methuselah, nearly 4,855 years old, might be surpassed by Alerce Milenario ...

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After all, the biblical Methuselah, ancestor to Noah, was said to have lived 969 years, while the Methuselah Tree, thought to be the world's oldest living thing, has endured almost five times as ...

Research released Friday indicates that the world's oldest trees are dying at an alarming ... "We are talking about the loss of the biggest living organisms on the planet, of the largest flowering ...

Firefighters said they stopped the wildfire's forward spread, but there was still the threat of flareups on Tuesday.

At up to 368 feet (112 meters) and 1,500 years old, redwoods are among the world's tallest and oldest living trees. Researchers are struggling to understand and protect these natural treasures.

Ginkgo trees are known as “living fossils.” They are one of Earth’s oldest living tree species (270 million years old) coming from an ancient order of plants that have characteristics of both conifers ...

The Western Pine may be Idaho’s state tree – but another type of pine tree is notable for its age and resilience in Idaho’s ...

In fact, the oldest bristlecone pines live on the most ... snag with a fraction of itself in foliage—still be called a living tree? Well, if reproductive ability is a prerequisite to being ...