The arid mountain forest of eastern California holds an ancient secret aged beyond that of even the pyramids of Giza and the ancient city of Babylon. The Methuselah tree, hidden in the forests of ...

This California forest has a tree that’s nearly 5,000 years old. But its location is a closely guarded secret Scientists believe the famed ‘Methuselah tree’ was alive before the foundation ...

Nestled within the Inyo National Forest’s Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest, the Methuselah Tree has long ... Methuselah was once considered the oldest living non-clonal tree in the world — meaning it ...

However, it’s because each individual bishop pine can quickly make space for the next generation. Why now: Now, the forest is 80 years old, and the dying bishop pines are being replaced by oak ...

However, the mile-long rural road that runs the spine of the bony peninsula where we live is heavily forested, covered by a canopy of arching oak and maple trees, flanked by centurions of pine and ...

Jill Lepore considers what we owe our trees, discussing books like “The Earth Transformed,” by Peter Frankopan, “The Language of Trees,” by Katie Holten, and “Big Tree,” by Brian Selznick.