We can now hear one of the largest and most ancient living organisms on Earth whisper with the tremble of a million leaves ...

Pando is an ancient quaking aspen tree (Populus tremuloides) with 47,000 genetically identical stems, or tree trunks, connected to a vast underground root system. Each stem is a clone of the one ...

Pineau said. "These are really interesting questions to think about." Pando is the world's largest tree. Its name means "I spread" in Latin, and it does indeed spread: The organism has given rise ...

Every tree in Pando is genetically identical, sharing DNA from a root system that has been growing and regenerating for tens of thousands of years beneath the forest floor. Named after the Latin ...

It used to be the oldest tree in the region until scientists discovered another Great Basin bristlecone pine nearby that was over 5,000 years old. The Pando is a group of interconnected quaking ...