Scientists from an international project are racing to figure out what kills these anchors of their ecosystems—before it’s too late to save them Ellyn Lapointe | Freelance Writer When hunting for the ...

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 ...

Tropical forests like the Amazon lock away vast amounts of carbon, but that carbon is not equally distributed. The largest 1% of trees store half of the carbon in these forests, and release it back ...

It took a decade for researchers to find the tallest tree in East Asia. Now they know where the 84.1 metre conifer is, but the future of its species and other tall trees is dire.

As climate change intensifies, the world’s oldest trees offer vital lessons in endurance and adaptation. From bristlecone pines of North America to the widely distributed sumaúma tree and more, each ...

The photo said it all. On the back of a logging truck, a tree so large it could barely fit. It was cut down in Tasmania's Florentine Valley, not far from Mount Field, where it had started life as a ...

Giant sequoia trees are thriving in the UK, growing at a similar rate to those in California, the trees’ native home. Reaching up to 90 metres in height, giant sequoias (Sequoiadendron giganteum), ...