Pando, a forest consisting of approximately 47,000 quaking aspen stems with a common root system extending over more than 40 hectares, has proven to be a biological giant and an acoustic one.

Every tree in Pando is genetically identical, sharing DNA from a root system that has been growing and regenerating for tens of thousands of years beneath the forest floor. Named after the Latin ...

Fortunately, the Pando cannot be cut down as its protected by the US National Forest Service, but it could still go extinct due to deer and diseases. The youngest trees are being killed as ...