Scientists have sequenced the genome of the Great Basin bristlecone pine, the oldest known individual non-clonal organism on ...

Some trees don’t just survive centuries, they survive civilizations,and they are rightfully called iconic and historic. These ancient beings have stood through geological periods, have witnessed ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Not many living organisms have been around long enough to ...

High in the arid mountain forests of eastern California there is a living tree that's older than the pyramids of Giza and the ancient city-state of Babylon — but its location is a secret. The ...

The world’s oldest cypress trees and the history of North Carolina’s first life-saving stations. UNC Wilmington students paddle deep into the Black River, where some of the world’s oldest living ...

Records show that there is a living tree that began growing around 2830 BCE, placing its birth more than a century before construction began on the Great Pyramid of Giza. It was already ancient when ...

Students explore the ancient cypress trees of North Carolina’s timeless Three Sisters Swamp. In southeastern North Carolina’s Three Sisters Swamp, UNC-Wilmington students and guides journey through ...

A North Carolina man guides kayaking tours to some of the world's oldest living trees. The Three Sisters Swamp on the Black River is home to a cypress tree dating back to 605 BCE. Guide Charlie ...

Evolutionary Biologist, Dr. Toby Kiers collects soil samples beneath one of the oldest trees on Earth, the alerce (Fitzroya cupressoides). The temperate rainforests of the Chilean Coast Range are home ...

Editor’s note: Part of this story was updated to reflect that a tree in the county that dated back to 1554 was sampled about a decade ago. It was not clear from the reporting whether the tree is still ...