Team finds China's Buddhist and Taoist temples host higher concentration of old trees - some dating back 1,000 years - than anywhere else At the foot of Zhongnan Mountain in the Chinese city of Xian, ...

Experience the wonder of ancient trees with this excerpt from the new book “In Search of the Old Ones” Anthony D. Fredericks The sky, resplendent as a shard of Navajo turquoise, highlighted the ...

Hidden high in the White Mountains of eastern California, a gnarled, weathered tree quietly holds a staggering secret — it's nearly 5,000 years old.

A melting ice patch in the Rocky Mountains uncovered an ancient forest, and these trees have stories to tell about dynamic landscapes and climate change. When you purchase through links on our site, ...

A few things on this planet are old enough to make history books look recent, and that includes some living trees that have weathered through tons of challenges. Scientists have dated them, and locals ...

For more than 5,000 years, a stand of whitebark pine trees in the Beartooth Mountains were preserved in an ice patch. During an ancient warm period, the trees had grown at an elevation above 10,000 ...

Scientists say the frozen remnants of an ancient forest discovered 600 feet above the modern tree line on the Beartooth Plateau may portend possible changes for the alpine ecosystem if the climate ...

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Most trees don’t ask for much attention. They grow slowly and mind their own leafy business. But among Earth’s 73,000 tree species, some are rare and legendary. They stand out not because they’re the ...

Video above: This Nexstar Media video provides safety tips for visiting national parks. BIG PINE, Calif. (FOX 5/KUSI) — Hidden high in the White Mountains of eastern California, a gnarled, weathered ...