The cryptomeria tree, estimated to be between 2,000 and 7,000 years old, is the largest and oldest of its kind in Japan. It sits at an elevation of over 4,000 feet, reachable only by a long hike.

A Japanese couple has been left grief-stricken after seven bonsai trees were stolen from a garden, including a 400-year-old shimpaku juniper. The pair is urging the thieves to take care of them.

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Several dozen ancient alligator juniper trees have been illegally cut down at El Malpais National Monument in western New Mexico and authorities with the National Park ...