The oldest tree species is the Great Basin bristlecone pine, with many trees dating back around 4,000 years. The oldest tree is named Methuselah and it dates back nearly 5,000 years.

A few things on this planet are old enough to make history books look recent, and that includes some living trees that have ...

If you thought the ancient evergreens at California's Big Basin Redwoods State Park were old, the state's bristlecone pines ...

The Methuselah Trail, located in Inyo National Forest near Big Pine, California, was recently named one of the best hikes in ...

The bristlecone pine tree, famous for its wind-beaten, gnarly limbs and having the longest lifespan on Earth, is losing a race to the top of mountains throughout the Western United States, putting ...

In the forest's Schulman Grove, home of the oldest identified bristlecone pine, the visitor center is staffed by rangers and offers an introductory video program and exhibits on the trees and the ...

What might be the world’s oldest tree — a bristlecone pine named Methuselah that is thousands of years old — is hidden in plain sight somewhere along the 4.5-mile Methuselah Trail in the ...

The West's ancient and resilient bristlecone pines have appeared immune to bark beetle infestations devastating conifer forests. That changed when bristlecones began dying in Utah's Wah Wah Mountains.

A unique bristlecone pine was stolen from the Hayes Presidential Library grounds. The tree is part of a historic cataloged collection of 1,700 trees.

Bristlecone pines with their crooks and gnarled branches from enduring extreme wind and snow through millennia “are truly character trees,” Pitts said, overseeing the removal of other species ...