Imagine walking through a forest that has stood for thousands of years—giant sequoias towering above, sunlight streaming ...

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As trees grow larger, their heartwood proportion increases and eventually accounts for most of the biomass. Heartwood decay ...

Two types of iconic sequoia trees have grown tall and strong in a surprising place: Michigan. One was believed to be extinct less than 100 years ago. The other is the largest living thing on Earth.

Sequoia National Park is more than just giant trees; it has incredible wildlife, from the tiny pika to the mountain lion and even the condor.

"There's this native bark beetle that's been attacking and killing a small number of sequoia trees throughout the range," Ambrose said. General Sherman is visited by around two million people per ...

It was in that grove that Ambrose and his team first discovered beetle-related tree deaths, now thought to date back to tree deaths in 2013 — right in the middle of the 2012-2016 California drought.

Climbers from the Ancient Forest Society scaled the tree looking for signs of a sequoia bark beetle infestation — entrance holes where adults had burrowed into the branches and laid their eggs ...

The General Sherman giant sequoia, right of center, is seen with its distinctive red bark Tuesday, May 21, 2024 in Sequoia National Park.

The giant sequoia is considered the largest known living tree on the planet and also one of the tallest, widest and longest-lived (estimated at 2,000+ years old).