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.

Less than 15 miles from the Silver Fire, the Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest's trees are thousands of years old, including the storied Patriarch Tree.

A species of old-growth tree that is totally new to science has been hiding out in a narrow slice of mountain rainforest in ...

Community members and environmental groups celebrated a decision by the U.S. Forest Service on Tuesday to not clear cut a 115 ...

Bianchi turned to the Mwakisoma brothers for advice, but even they had never seen this kind of tree ... years old. In total, Bianchi and his companions found around 100 mature T. princeps trees in the ...

On the shores of Lake Tahoe at Emerald Bay State Park grows what some consider to be the most iconic old-growth forest in the Lake ... with at least 13 other tree species. Yet despite its high ...