Methuselah not only serves as a living link with Earth's ancient past but also gives scientists the opportunity to study ...

Some trees don’t just survive centuries, they survive civilisations. And for that reason and more, they are rightfully called iconic and historic. These ancient beings have stood through geological ...

As cities expand, India’s old-growth trees slow time and record centuries of survival — yet are felled for development ...

X has recently seen a claim about the world’s oldest tree said to be in Tanzania, Africa. The tree appears ancient, with a ...

At this time of year, we tend to think of trees with colorful leaves as native to colder climates than ours. But then Jenny ...

NASA reveals a dazzling ‘cosmic Christmas Tree’ glowing for five million years, captured 2,500 light-years from Earth in a ...

Individually wrapped peanuts make swell gifts. A shell is the perfect wrapper. Lending an ear or two to another is a ...

The snowplow operator might have had a red nose like the most famous reindeer of all, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, a fictional animal created by Robert Lewis May. Rudolph was the ninth and the ...

From Estonia to Antarctica, this once-pagan symbol has taken on many strange forms. In December 1848, an illustration showed Queen Victoria, Prince Albert, and their children admiring a Christmas tree ...

Steve Nix is a member of the Society of American Foresters and a former forest resources analyst for the state of Alabama. According to National Wildlife Federation, there are two varieties of Douglas ...