Ancient trees may have played a key role in regulating Earth's climate during the last ice age—by 'breathing' less efficiently. The researchers found that as temperature and CO 2 levels dropped, trees ...

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An ancient oak tree that has stood in the heart of a famous forest for hundreds of years and is linked to the legend of Robin Hood has died, experts believe. The Major Oak is estimated to have lived ...

Deep in the swamps of the American Southeast stands a quiet giant: the bald cypress (Taxodium distichum). These majestic trees, with their knobby "knees" and towering trunks, are more than just swamp ...

North of Washington off the west coast of Vancouver Island, a Canadian nature photographer and forest advocate recently located and documented one of the biggest and oldest trees in the Pacific ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. As climate change intensifies, the world’s oldest trees offer vital lessons in endurance and adaptation. From bristlecone pines of North America to ...

There are places where history is preserved in stone, and then there are places where history is still growing. High in the White Mountains of eastern California, on a landscape of pale limestone, ...

In Romania, a walk in the woods blossomed into a mission to safeguard centuries-old beeches and the history that shaped them. Credit... Supported by Photographs by Nicholas J. R. White Text by Alan ...

Buddhist temples in China are home to trees from dozens of endangered species, a new study shows. Some of them are almost 2,000 years old. A Phoebe zhennan tree, about 400 years old, in the Wen-Qi ...