Escape some of Yosemite's seemingly never-ending crowds by taking a stroll through a lesser-visited sequoia grove with ...

A baobab can hold so much water in its swollen trunk that its shape visibly changes with the rainy season. In Africa’s dry ...

The largest trees on Earth by volume, giant sequoias soar upward like natural skyscrapers and are simply mesmerizing in their immensity. These trees have a limited range, though: They’re found only on ...

As a child, my parents took me to see General Sherman, the tree in Sequoia National Park, and I became awestricken by the sheer size and magnificence of giant sequoias. As an adult, still enamored ...

After a decade-long search, researchers have identified East Asia’s tallest known tree, the “Heaven Sword of the Da’an River, ...

Giant old trees are survivors. But their size and age do not protect them against everything. They face threats such as logging or intensifying drought and fire as the climate changes. Tasmania has ...

Additional fieldwork required following a river for 12 miles, hiking precipitously uphill, and then sending professional tree ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. AMAZONAS, Brazil – As tropical forests worldwide degrade and decline at increasing rates, the fate of their largest trees remains uncertain. These ...

A firefighter walks near the Mariposa Grove as the Washburn Fire burns in Yosemite National Park. National Park Service/AP A wildfire burning in Yosemite National Park has forced the closure of its ...

The Giant Eucalyptus Specimen Archive was made possible in part by funding from the Jayne Wilson Bequest from the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery. Daniel Bar-Ness runs Giant Tree Expeditions, a ...