Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Lichenologist Rikke Reese Naesborg begins to climb the General Sherman tree to perform a wellness check in Sequoia National Park. ...

FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — A lightning-sparked wildfire in California’s Sierra National Forest burned Tuesday through a grove of giant sequoias and set some of the ancient towering trees on fire. Wildland ...

Nestled just a few miles north of Arnold, along Highway 4, Calaveras Big Trees State Park invites visitors to witness the majesty of giant sequoias. This park is renowned for its towering trees, ...

MANISTEE TOWNSHIP, MI – There’s a surprisingly large tree thriving Up North near the shore of Lake Michigan: A 75-year-old giant sequoia. The tree, planted in 1948 in Manistee Township, is 116 feet ...

Giant sequoias are survivors. They can live more than 3,000 years. But in a changing climate, the trees have become more vulnerable. NPR's Julie Depenbrock brings us this postcard from Sequoia ...

SEQUOIA NATIONAL PARK, California (AP) — High in the evergreen canopy of General Sherman, the world’s largest tree, researchers searched for evidence of an emerging threat to giant sequoias: bark ...

The idea that human beings could plant trees that grow more than 300 feet tall and live for 3,000 years sounds far fetched. Nature does that sorta stuff, not us. Unfortunately, things have reached a ...

Lightning-sparked wildfires killed thousands of giant sequoias this year, adding to a staggering two-year death toll that accounts for up to nearly a fifth of Earth’s largest trees, officials said ...

The giant trees of Sequoia and Kings Canyon national spark wonder and joy among visitors.

On this 100th anniversary Black History Month tour, I want to whisk us all away to experience the legacy of two African ...

FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — A lightning-sparked wildfire in California’s Sierra National Forest burned Tuesday through a grove of giant sequoias and set some of the ancient towering trees on fire. Wildland ...

Giant sequoias are survivors. They can live more than 3,000 years. But in a changing climate, the trees have become more vulnerable. NPR's Julie Depenbrock brings us this postcard from Sequoia ...