Nestled in the American state of Utah, Pando is not just a forest; it is an extraordinary collective of thousands of trees, all sharing the same genetic makeup and interconnected root system.

Pando is an ancient quaking aspen tree (Populus tremuloides) with 47,000 genetically identical stems, or tree trunks, connected to a vast underground root system. Each stem is a clone of the one ...

Fishlake National Forest's Pando, touted as the world's largest tree, is at the center of a new online documentary, as ...

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 ...

So when conditions aren't perfect, they stick to sending up new shoots from the mass of roots under the grove. Pando has survived this way for a long time, but scientists are worried it may not ...

The Pando is a group of interconnected quaking aspen in Fishlake National Forest in Utah. It's a huge colony with a connected root system, spanning 106 acres, weighing 6,000 metric tons and is ...