Towering hundreds of feet high, the Californian redwoods are a stunning natural wonder. Aside from their size, there are some ...

This story appears in the December 2012 issue of National Geographic magazine. On a gentle slope above a trail junction in Sequoia National Park, about 7,000 feet above sea level in the southern ...

General Sherman, a giant sequoia (Sequoiadendron ... consider these remarkable facts : ・Its trunk weighs an estimated 1,385 tons ・The tree’s largest branch has a diameter of nearly 7 feet ...

Conservator Chelsea McKibbin took on the task. Chelsea's team looked closely at the sequoia to monitor and document any changes to its condition. Some parts of the tree slice, including the bark, had ...

Access to the General Sherman Tree is included in park admission. For more information, visit the National Park Service website. Sequoia National Park Small Group Tour from Three Rivers (79 reviews) ...

I recommend going before the crack of dawn, because these free days are popular and you’ll find lots of people on the most ...

“Generally fires can be destructive however low-intensity fires can be beneficial to giant sequoia trees. A damage assessment will be done in these groves when it is safe to do so,” a Sequoia ...

leading to a staggering two-year death toll that accounts for up to nearly a fifth of Earth’s largest trees, officials said Friday. Fires in Sequoia National Park and surrounding Sequoia ...

I have a feeling that St. Luke’s chose to spend $300K to move the iconic sequoia as a feel-good story ... cutting it down would have irked people even more. Tree experts, such as the ...

Now the fires in the area are threatening the state's sequoia trees Firefighters are wrapping fire-resistant blankets around ancient trees as blazes tear through California's world-famous Sequoia ...

Catherine Parker "Giant" seems to be an understatement for this grove of sequoia trees in the southernmost ... To read more information about Mariposa Grove, visit Yosemite National Park's website.

Nearly 500 saplings of the world's largest tree, the giant sequoia, have been planted in Brecon. The team behind the One Life One Tree project said it could be the largest plantation of its type ...