In a remote corner of the White Mountains in eastern California, there is a living organism that was already ancient when the Great Pyramids were being built. This tree, a Great Basin bristlecone pine ...

When it comes to reasons for traveling, many of us want to see ancient buildings and sites that are still standing hundreds and thousands of years later. But, some ancient things may be standing right ...

Records show that there is a living tree that began growing around 2830 BCE, placing its birth more than a century before construction began on the Great Pyramid of Giza. It was already ancient when ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo Credit: iStock Deep in Chile's ancient rainforests, one of the world's oldest trees is quietly supporting an entire hidden ...

Chilean environmental scientist Jonathan Barichivich has been making waves in the dendrochronology community of late due to his study and findings regarding an alerce tree in Alerce Costero National ...

Evolutionary Biologist, Dr. Toby Kiers collects soil samples beneath one of the oldest trees on Earth, the alerce (Fitzroya cupressoides). The temperate rainforests of the Chilean Coast Range are home ...