The ancient trees of our planet have stood the test of time, witnessing significant historical events and environmental transformations. Some of these trees were already thousands of years old ...

Mogens EngelundThe Fortingall Yew tree in Perthshire, U.K., could be the oldest living organism in Europe. Crowds of unruly people can be stressful in any situation, but it has been particularly rough ...

The oldest known is the Methuselah Tree, over 4,600 years and still growing. U.S. Forest Service policy is to protect the anonymity of the individual tree as a safeguard against thoughtless ...

Before this, Europe’s oldest tree was thought to be held by a plant which was only 1,200 years old. This makes it nearly 500 years younger than the juniper. Trees are a plant which are known to ...

There were initially fears for the fate of the 3,000-year-old tree, the oldest-known Huon pine, but the Tasmanian Parks and Wildlife Service confirmed last week that the pine and surrounding stand ...