Giant trees, ancient history, and unforgettable views make Sequoia National Park one of the most awe-inspiring places to visit in California.

Bipartisan legislation that's been several years in the making is now again one step closer to becoming reality.

Save Our Sequoias (SOS) Act, a bipartisan bill designed to safeguard California's iconic Giant Sequoias, passed out of the House Natural Resources ...

Sequoia National Park in California protects giant sequoias, including the General Sherman Tree The General Sherman Tree is the largest tree by volume, weighing nearly 1,400 tons The tree is between 2 ...

THE ROOTS OF a giant sequoia can stretch the length of a football field, and the communities they create stretch much further. Planting one is a decision that launches thousands of bonds through space ...

Roughly 95% of California’s old-growth redwood forests have been logged at least once, leaving mostly young trees and making the overall ecosystem less diverse. Fern mats — spongy masses of ...

At this time of year, we tend to think of trees with colorful leaves as native to colder climates than ours. But then Jenny Iyer from the Riverside-Corona Resource Conservation District (RCRCD.org) ...

Bluebell Arboretum started life on March 11, 1992, when Robert and Suzette Vernon bought six acres on the borders of Derbyshire and Leicestershire. They celebrated their purchase later that day by ...

We are in the middle of a very hot summer. As I was mowing the yard this weekend, I stopped to take a break in the shade of the swamp chestnut oak tree in my front yard. I started thinking about the ...

At a corner house in San Anselmo, a different redwood grows on three corners of the lot. The redwoods are the coast redwood, Sequoia sempervirens; the Sierra redwood, Sequoiadendron giganteum; and the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. The Converse Basin Grove is a prominent giant sequoia ...

Pictures show one of Britain's tallest trees which sits in a suburban garden in Bristol - so big the housing estate was built around it. The giant redwood stands at around 120ft - towering over the ...