(The rings of ancient bristlecone pines like Methuselah are more challenging to count, because the trunks are so distorted that new rings may form at right angles to ones formed long before.) ...

In case you're wondering, the tree shown in the NOVA program is not the Methuselah Tree. To protect this venerable old tree, the U.S. Forest Service refuses to give its location or identity within ...

Sir Anthony Hopkins has played everyone from Hannibal Lecter and Richard Nixon to Odin and Methuselah. Now, he’s prepping for ...