Few know where the oldest tree in the world is – the Forest Service doesn't reveal the exact location to protect it. Here's ...

The Old Tjikko, the world's oldest tree, has been around for 9,550 years, surviving even during the last Ice Age. The Great Basin Bristlecone Pine is another ancient tree, estimated to be 5,071 ...

Bristlecone pines can liberally spread their roots and ... "in the persistent ability of a 4,000-year-old tree to shut up shop almost everywhere throughout its stem in a very dry year, and ...

Less than 15 miles from the fire, the Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest contains trees that are more than 4,000 years old. The Patriarch Tree is the world's largest bristlecone pine tree.

In other words, he had discovered the oldest tree ever dated. But he had killed it. Beginning in the 1950s, naturalists had given names to several of the largest or most distinctive bristlecone pines.

Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest, home to the oldest trees in the world, is in the White Mountains, about 20 miles east of Bishop, and is threatened by the fire, according to Cal Fire spokesperson ...

as is the case with the Methuselah Tree, a bristlecone pine more than 46 centuries old. But it's truly baffling to learn under what conditions it has accomplished this extraordinary feat.

Less than 15 miles from the fire, the Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest contains trees that are more than 4,000 years old. The Patriarch Tree is the world's largest bristlecone pine tree.