as is the case with the Methuselah Tree, a bristlecone pine more than 46 centuries old. But it's truly baffling to learn under what conditions it has accomplished this extraordinary feat.

Methuselah, nearly 4,855 years old, might be surpassed by Alerce Milenario, estimated to be over 500 years older. These trees help scientists understand and combat climate change. These trees not ...

making a four-mile loop through the Methuselah Grove, where the dendrochronologist Edmund Schulman established the age of several extremely old trees back in the 1950s. The oldest known is the ...

The world's oldest living tree is "Methuselah." The tree's exact age is ... down that they realized it was an estimated 4,900 years old. Bristlecone pines are known to scientists as ...

The Great Basin Bristlecone Pine is another ancient tree, estimated to be 5,071 years old, and has defied odds to remain ...