The biggest of northern California’s giant redwood trees grow more than 250 ft. tall, with a circumference greater than 90 ft. at their base. The oldest have seen more than 3,000 years.

A grove of some of the oldest redwoods growing in the UK has been saved. Seven giant sequoia trees in Ketton, Rutland, faced the axe in expansion plans at Grange Top Quarry, but a campaign by ...

At more than 3,000 years old, they are some of the oldest living things on the planet. Giant Redwood trees can reach more than 80m (262ft) tall – and they are thriving in the UK, according to a ...

It’s a giant sequoia, a member of Sequoiadendron giganteum, one of several surviving species of redwoods. The living crown (this one atop the General Sherman, at center) was once a distant mystery.

The oldest known dawn redwoods are about 250, while the giant sequoia is known to live more than 3,000 years and the coast redwood can live more than 2,000 years, according to NPS. In another ...