High in the mountains of central Sweden, a quiet grove of Norway spruce trees appears unremarkable at first glance. The trunks are thin and scattered, shaped by wind and cold. Yet genetic testing has ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Trees older than empires are not as rare as you might think ...

Every state and territory in Australia has got big things. Consider the big Merino ram, big chooks, big Ned Kelly, or even the big golden guitar. We also have big extinct megafauna, like the ...

A few things on this planet are old enough to make history books look recent, and that includes some living trees that have weathered through tons of challenges. Scientists have dated them, and locals ...

This cross section of a sequoia in Yosemite National Park in California has markers identifying the dates of tree rings. Jared Farmer What and where are the oldest known trees on the planet? If you ...