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 planet's trees have seen plenty of history pass by their trunks. In fact, they began to populate Earth 385 million years ago, toward the end of the Devonian period. Considered living historical ...

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 ...

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 ...

Why it's incredible: The forest preserves some of the oldest trees in the world. The Cairo Fossil Forest is a unique collection of 385 million-year-old trees preserved in an abandoned quarry in ...

The temperate rainforests of the Chilean Coast Range are home to a spectacular array of life: iridescent blue lizards, tiny wild cats called kodkods, and curly vines of waxy red bellflowers. Towering ...