The 2624-year-old cypress tree they found predates the Great Wall of China and the Roman Empire. Other remarkably old trees, including a 2088-year-old cypress, were also identified in the same grove.

The study says a nearby cypress in the same river swamp is at least 2,088 years old. Scientists believe other, unsampled 2,000-plus-year-old trees exist along the 66-mile-long stream.

Researchers have identified a group of ancient bald cypress trees which are over 2,000 years old in the forested wetlands of North Carolina's Black River. Staggeringly, the scientists found that ...

He kept looking down, writing something on his little notepad. Meanwhile, the rest of us watched, not a small falling limb, but the broken-off top of the cypress tree, which was about 50 feet high.

Landscape from before time: Swampy bald cypress trees covered in Spanish moss. Photo / Tim Graham, Getty Images It could be one of the world's oldest living organisms after carbon dating measured ...

With its 2,600-year-old bald cypress trees, tranquil waters and abundant wildlife, the Three Sisters Swamp along the Black River is home to the oldest wetland trees in the world.

Today, nonprofit Delaware Wild Lands is restoring the swamp, of which they own over 10,000 acres. The Great Cypress Swamp is critical to air and water quality in Sussex County and surrounding areas.

The study says a nearby cypress in the same river swamp is at least 2,088 years old. Scientists believe other, unsampled 2,000-plus-year-old trees exist along the 66-mile-long stream.

The study says a nearby cypress in the same river swamp is at least 2,088 years old. Scientists believe other, unsampled 2,000-plus-year-old trees exist along the 66-mile-long stream.