Nevada was once home to Prometheus, an ancient bristlecone pine that was also the oldest living organism on the planet. Then someone cut it down.

Hidden high in California’s White Mountains, a solitary bristlecone pine has survived nearly 5,000 years. Guarded in secrecy, it holds climate secrets that stretch back to early civilisation.

It is interesting that the age of this tree coincides with the end of the last period when the Sahara was a savanna instead of a desert. The Earth's precession leads to changes in the climate patterns ...

A post circulating on X has revived a long-running question: What is the oldest tree in the world? The viral claim features a baobab tree said to be 6,000 years old and located in Tanzania. The ...

Why is it that the saying "respect your elders" always seems to apply strictly to humans? There's an infinite display of life forms that outlive humans not just by hundreds, but thousands of years!