The mighty old trees, exemplified by Old Tjikko, Gran Abuelo, and the Olive Tree of Vouves, have stood firm for millennia, ...

From a tortoise in the South Atlantic to an olive tree on Crete still producing a crop, here’s where to see the oldest living ...

The Norway Spruce, Picea abies, is native to Central and Eastern Europe, and can grow to an astounding 180 feet in height. At only 16 feet tall, Old Tjikko, discovered in 2004 by geologist Leif ...

Pinus heldreichii or the Bosnian pine is native to the mountainous regions of the Balkans and southern Italy. This evergreen tree can get up to 25–35 meters (82–115 feet) in height and its trunk can ...

The world’s oldest cypress trees and the history of North Carolina’s first life-saving stations. UNC Wilmington students paddle deep into the Black River, where some of the world’s oldest living ...

Students explore the ancient cypress trees of North Carolina’s timeless Three Sisters Swamp. In southeastern North Carolina’s Three Sisters Swamp, UNC-Wilmington students and guides journey through ...

In California’s White Mountains, a bristlecone pine called Methuselah has held on for nearly 4,800 years, outlasting kingdoms, droughts, and whole eras of human history. Its battered trunk poses a ...

Two University of Wyoming scientists were excited and dejected discovering the world's oldest whitebark pine in Grand Teton National Park recently.

The temperate rainforests of the Chilean Coast Range are home to a spectacular array of life: iridescent blue lizards, tiny wild cats called kodkods, and curly vines of waxy red bellflowers. Towering ...