Jonathan Barichivich, a renowned Chilean scientist working in France, grew up in the temperate rainforest of Alerce Costero National Park. His grandfather, Anibal, discovered the Gran Abuelo tree ...

VALDIVIA, Chile - In a forest in southern Chile, a giant tree has survived for thousands of years and is in the process of being recognised as the oldest in the world. Known as the Great ...

Deep in a protected ancient forest in southern Chile sits an enormous tree that has existed for thousands of years. Now the “Great Grandfather” tree could soon be recognized as the world’s ...

The tree contains a trunk that measures four meters in diameter and 28 meters tall. The world's oldest tree is currently located in Eastern California called the Methuselah, a 4,853-year-old Great ...

His grandfather, Anibal, discovered the Gran Abuelo tree in 1972 while working as a park ranger. That moment, ... a Chilean scientist who has studied these trees for decades.

The 'Great Grandfather' tree, 28 meters tall and four meters in diameter, is in the process of being certified as the oldest on the planet. AFP. Valdivia, Chile: ...

In a forest in southern Chile, a giant tree has survived for thousands of years and is in the process of being recognized as the oldest in the world. Known as the “Great Grandfather,” the trunk of ...

The ‘Great Grandfather’ tree, 28 metres tall and four metres in diameter, is in the process of being certified as the oldest on the planet at more than 5,000 years, older than the Methuselah ...

The 'Great Grandfather' tree, 28 metres tall and four metres in diameter, is in the process of being certified as the oldest on the planet at over 5,000 ye ...

Known as the 'Great Grandfather', the tree in Chile is on the brink of replacing Methuselah, a 4,850-year-old Great Basin bristlecone pine found in California.

VALDIVIA — In a forest in southern Chile, a giant tree has survived for thousands of years and is in the process of being recognized as the oldest in the world. Known as the "Great Grandfather ...