Few know where the oldest tree in the world is – the Forest Service doesn't reveal the exact location to protect it. Here's ...

It's hard enough to accept that a tree that was a seedling before the Egyptian Pyramids went up is still alive today, as is the case with the Methuselah Tree, a bristlecone pine more than 46 ...

a date palm tree they named Methuselah. The name refers to a figure in the Bible who lived until the age of 969. Sallon admitted that she didn’t expect the experiment would work. But it did.

Assessing the age of a living tree is straightforward enough—just ... (The rings of ancient bristlecone pines like Methuselah are more challenging to count, because the trunks are so distorted ...