Pieces of ancient stumps, roots and cypress knees hauled up during maintenance work at the Altamaha Wildlife Management Area on the Georgia Coast lie in the foreground of this flooded field. Deep in ...

High in the arid mountain forests of eastern California there is a living tree that's older than the pyramids of Giza and the ancient city-state of Babylon — but its location is a secret. The ...

Hidden deep in the wild, the exact location of this 5,000-year-old tree is kept secret to protect it from harm - and for good reason. As one of the oldest living organisms on Earth, it has silently ...

A lightning-sparked wildfire has torn through a grove of ancient giant sequoia trees in California’s Sierra National Forest, with some of the majestic specimens catching fire. The blaze, known as the ...

FRESNO, Calif. — A lightning-sparked wildfire in California’s Sierra National Forest burned Tuesday through a grove of giant sequoias and set some of the ancient towering trees on fire. Wildland ...