The giant sequoia is a snow tree, Sillett says ... This finding contradicts a long-held premise in forest ecology—that wood production decreases during the old age of a tree.

Following lumberjacks into the forest of a South Pacific island, a pair of scientists checked the downed trees and found some “giant” brown creatures. They didn’t realize it until almost 40 ...

This giant forest is vulnerable ... to 3 billion birds migrating north to nest and raise their young amongst its trees. It’s known as ‘North America’s Bird Nursery’, and almost half ...

But not all trees follow that formula. Some form what are called clonal groves: swaths of forest connected underground by a single network of roots, with each trunk genetically identical to the ...

Giant old trees are survivors ... We used cutting-edge methods to create one of the best genetic fingerprints of a forest tree so far. It's the first time we have documented an individual ...

During a recent storm, branches fell from the Wellingtonia tree, causing alarm to nearby residents A giant 150-year-old tree that nearby residents fear might fall down cannot be felled as there is ...

The Main Trail can be accessed from a parking lot off Wolverton Road and it's a half-mile walk downhill to reach the tree. Along the way, you'll pass through the Giant Forest and spot exhibits ...

Where would the Forest episode of Planet Earth 3 be without trees? They are the very fabric ... the life of this 200 year old giant, that had supported so much and could have lived another hundred ...

Giant ponderosa pines—some of the ... The most intensive scenario used historical, pre-1850s forest conditions as a target. It removed most trees between 8 to 32 inches in diameter at breast ...

The Giant Forest is also home to the famous General Sherman Tree, the largest living tree – by volume – in the world. You'll find the forest and museum off of Generals Highway. The forest is ...