The Silver fire in Inyo and Mono counties continued to burn Monday morning, scorching 1,250 acres and spurring evacuations.

Tree trunks and unidentifiable slabs of wood lie on the ground, perhaps thousands of years older than the oldest living wood.

Ancient trees like Methuselah and Alerce Milenario serve as living records of the planet's history and climate changes. Methuselah, nearly 4,855 years old, might be surpassed by Alerce Milenario ...

Firefighters said they stopped the wildfire's forward spread, but there was still the threat of flareups on Tuesday.

While living bristlecone limbs thus carry a heavy ... "in the persistent ability of a 4,000-year-old tree to shut up shop almost everywhere throughout its stem in a very dry year, and faithfully ...

Some of these trees were already thousands of years old when civilisations like Egypt and Rome flourished. These natural time capsules provide invaluable insights into history, climate changes ...

Research released Friday indicates that the world's oldest trees are dying at an alarming ... "We are talking about the loss of the biggest living organisms on the planet, of the largest flowering ...

The Western Pine may be Idaho’s state tree – but another type of pine tree is notable for its age and resilience in Idaho’s ...

Europe’s oldest tree has been standing for an incredible 1,647 years. The tree is a small common juniper which is growing in the Finnish Lapland. It has been standing since the Roman Empire and ...