The “competition” organized to catalogue Salt Spring’s largest trees is heating up, organizers said, with islanders reporting ...

Environment Big tree hunters: saving the last untouched areas of the planet How a niche British Columbia-based community is working to bring attention to the importance of old-growth forests Published ...

Ancient Forest Alliance photographer and campaigner and Trebek Initiative grantee TJ Watt stands beside a giant redcedar tree before and after it was cut in 2022 in an old-growth forest recommended ...

So things are changing, and not in a very good way for giant sequoias. In 2020, 7,500 to 10,500 trees were lost. In 2021, another 3,000 trees were lost. There's about 80,000 trees total [remaining].

“Rather, rapid growth in giant trees is the global norm and can exceed 600 kilograms (1,300 pounds) per year in the largest individuals,” the researchers wrote.

Sequoia National Park says lightning-sparked wildfires in the past two years have killed a minimum of nearly 10,000 giant sequoia trees in California.

Big trees crucial to migrate B.C. forests under climate change, finds study The B.C. study could help planners ramp up 'assisted migration' of forests under stress from climate change.

In late September and early October 2024, a black-and-white photograph circulated on social media purportedly showing the "last giant silicon tree" in 1899. The image's caption referenced a theory ...

Data related to the trees’ locations were all removed before crowdsourcing the images for confidentiality, Wang added. Locations of 941 giant trees identified using LiDAR were handed to the team for ...