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

Less than 15 miles from the fire, the Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest contains trees that are more than 4,000 years old. The Patriarch Tree is the world's largest bristlecone pine tree.

Imagine standing in the silent presence of a living being that has witnessed the rise and fall of empires, the birth of ...

Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest, home to the oldest trees in the world, is in the White Mountains, about 20 miles east of Bishop, and is threatened by the fire, according to Cal Fire spokesperson ...

while the Methuselah Tree, thought to be the world's oldest living thing, has endured almost five times as long.) It turns out that the bristlecone pine has evolved survival strategies that might ...

Less than 15 miles from the fire, the Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest contains trees that are more than 4,000 years old. The Patriarch Tree is the world's largest bristlecone pine tree.

Bristlecone pines can liberally spread their roots and ... "in the persistent ability of a 4,000-year-old tree to shut up shop almost everywhere throughout its stem in a very dry year, and ...