dubbed "Prometheus," with permission from the Forest Service. It wasn't until after the tree was cut down that they realized it was an estimated 4,900 years old. Bristlecone pines are known to ...

And a tree doesn’t stop getting larger—as ... This finding contradicts a long-held premise in forest ecology—that wood production decreases during the old age of a tree.

Bianchi turned to the Mwakisoma brothers for advice, but even they had never seen this kind of tree ... years old. In total, ...

A UC Davis field crew measures a large ponderosa pine while conducting forest inventory in the Emerald Point old-growth stand at ... space with at least 13 other tree species.

A group of botanists has discovered a new species of rainforest tree ... forest reserves surrounded by abandoned croplands, and initial assessments suggest some of them could be up to 3,000 years old.