These skyscraping superstars are the stalwart examples of their species Trees have many interesting features and uses, but it's perhaps their height that inspires the most reverie. Humans may have a ...

In coastal Oregon, the state's tallest fir tree is burning. Douglas-firs (Pseudotsuga menziesii) are Oregon's most common trees, but the tree that's ablaze, known as the Doerner Fir, is special.

The historic tree is alive, but it lost some of the record height that made it the tallest Douglas fir in the world. Volunteer tree climbers Damien Carré with Oregon Tree Care in Oregon City and Logan ...

When Gus was just a sapling 1,000 years ago, there were an estimated 250 million people on Earth, far less than today’s 6.8 ...

A hundred years ago, Maryland’s first state forester, Fred Besley, issued a challenge to residents: Go out in the woods and find the biggest tree you can. Then collect its measurements and send them ...

A swamp chestnut oak tree in Jennings County has been recognized as the largest of the species in the country by the National ...

JENNINGS COUNTY, Ind. — Indiana Governor Mike Braun visited a record-setting tree in Jennings County this week. The tree that drew the attention of Indiana’s governor is a swamp chestnut oak tree ...