Trees tell us stories. Scientists count their rings to figure out how old they are and when those years add up, it can be a sign of nature's endurance in the face of change. Trees that have stood tall ...

Humans may desire immortality, but it is trees that are garnering more success in this pursuit. One of them is now nearly five centuries old, having witnessed all the ups and downs of multiple ...

The Discovery Trail at the Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest in the White Mountains in Inyo County, Calif., seen on Oct. 13. (Paul Thornton / Los Angeles Times) While every responsible citizen was ...

Video above: This Nexstar Media video provides safety tips for visiting national parks. Hidden high in the White Mountains of eastern California, a gnarled, weathered tree quietly holds a staggering ...

It's hard enough to accept that a tree that was a seedling before the Egyptian Pyramids went up is still alive today, as is the case with the Methuselah Tree, a bristlecone pine more than 46 centuries ...

Click and drag on the image below, and see also the accompanying text. A longer trail heads east from the Schulman visitor center, making a four-mile loop through the Methuselah Grove, where the ...

If you're barking up this tree, it's probably a story it's heard before. That's because Methuselah, an ancient bristlecone pine, is 4,768 years old. You could make the argument that Inyo National ...

While every responsible citizen was fixated on election returns this week, my mind was high on a mountainside almost midway up California’s border with Nevada. It was there, last October at roughly 10 ...