The country’s biggest tree – named Heaven Sword of the Da’an River – is a carbon-storing behemoth hosting whole neighbourhoods of wildlife. But this and other giant trees are under threat ...

Around the world, there are claims to having the “oldest tree” in Europe or Australia to having the “tallest” of a particular species of tree, and it is always fun to learn more about these special, ...

When climbers reached the crown of a massive Taiwania cryptomerioides fir deep in Taiwan’s Da’an River valley and dropped a ...

Humboldt County, including the cities of Eureka, Arcata and Ferndale, isn't exactly easy for Angelenos to get to, but the ...

Climbers Brian French and Will Koomjian ascend the Brummit fir in Coos County Oregon. It is the National Champion Douglas fir and stands 335 feet tall. Freesolo Photography / Sean O'Connor “Watch out!

Researchers have discovered East Asia's tallest known tree, an 84.1-meter Taiwania cypress nicknamed the "Heaven Sword of the Daan River," in Taiwan's remote mountains. This remarkable find, the ...

The Doerner Fir tree, one of the world’s tallest, caught fire and has sustained damage that could lower its global ranking. The fire has not yet spread to the surrounding coastal Oregon wilderness but ...

Decorated by the Skunk Train and towering over 200 feet, the living tree in Fort Bragg and Willits tops a new global ranking. Kristine Hansen is a design, food and drink, and travel writer based in ...

Portland, Ore. — Authorities in Oregon are trying to extinguish a fire burning in one of the world's tallest trees, near the state's southern coast. The Doerner Fir, a coastal Douglas Fir tree over ...