HUANGSHAN, China — As temperatures neared their midday peak, Hu Xiaosong was doing his regular patrol, at an altitude of more than 5,500 feet, to protect a 1,000-year-old pine tree that he says is ...

The world's oldest longleaf pine tree is at the Weymouth Woods Sandhills Nature Preserve in Southern Pines. Experts studied its rings and have determined the tree to be 478 years old. Each spring, the ...

Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner listens to a question from the audience at a campaign town hall meeting on Oct. 22, 2025, in Ogunquit. Credit: Brian Snyder / Reuters A political action ...

April is World Habitat Awareness Month, so today we look at Torrey pines, the rarest native pine in the U.S. The Torrey pine could be the rarest pine in the world. It only grows naturally in two ...

Pine trees (genus Pinus) can survive for centuries. Some species of these evergreens can live for up to a thousand years. In the White Mountains of eastern California, a Great Basin bristlecone pine ...

The bristlecone pine tree is the world's oldest living non-clonal organism. This one grows in California's White Mountains. (Kat Kerlin/UC Davis) What can the world’s longest living individual teach ...

In the summer of 1929, Georgia O’Keeffe discovered New Mexico. Although she had already received a good deal of acclaim, O’Keeffe had begun to feel oppressed by her life in New York with her husband, ...

In 2002, Crater Lake National Park ecologist Michael Murray thought the park’s majestic whitebark pine trees were as good as gone. An invasive fungus called white pine blister rust was killing the ...

SPOKANE, Wash. — Spokane's urban forest is facing a significant challenge due to a pine bark beetle outbreak, which has resulted in the removal of at least 200 Ponderosa trees. Urban Forester Katie ...

Tips for planting evergreen conifer trees: tutorial What is more important to planting trees? Not much. So let's do it right. As a new home owner I am trying to create the foundation of my garden that ...

GRAYLING, MI - The largest stand of old growth pine trees remaining in Michigan’s Lower Peninsula is the result of a recession. Hartwick Pines State Park in Grayling is home to this 49-acre forest ...