Size in the tree world is measured several different ways, and no single champion holds every record at once. Height, trunk volume, girth, age and sheer connected mass each crown a different organism, ...

When Brian French learned last week that the Doerner Fir was burning, he could think of only two reasons why: Either lightning had struck the enormous conifer in coastal Oregon — or someone had set it ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The largest tree in Olympia, left, was identified as a Giant Sequoia that measures 31 feet and 11 inches in circumference. The ...

Large Eastern white pines tower over the path through the Hartwick Pines State Park old growth forest. The pine trees here are 300 to 400 years old and stand over 150 feet tall. The 49-acre stand of ...

Michigan is home to seven of America’s largest trees. They’re known as national champions. One stands beside a curb in Allegan County. Another towers over a home in Berrien County. Some are in the ...

View of the top of General Sherman, a giant sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum) and the largest tree in the world, located in Sequoia National Park n the southern Sierra Nevada mountains of California, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. With Earth Day in the recent past, I would like to discuss the most ecologically important living thing on Earth - trees. They are ...