Believed to be around 5,400 years old, ‘El Gran Abuelo’ is under threat with plans for a new highway through a protected ...

A century ago, Mossbrae Falls was a glorious tourist attraction. Now, there is no easy, or legal, way for the public to get ...

A Jeffrey pine tree growing in far eastern Tulare County is the highest in altitude tree ever recorded in California. The new ...

Officials with the Tonto National Forest defended the project as necessary for both camper safety and forest health.

California wolves are on the comeback. And no matter how hard wildlife officials try to direct them toward their natural prey ...

UC Davis Professor Hugh Safford was hiking for pleasure in ... Needham Mountain, where another Jeffrey pine was observed at very high elevation, underlining that this is not simply an anomaly on Mount ...

California’s Sierra Nevada range is known for its rugged peaks, vast wilderness, and iconic trees. For centuries, botanists and hikers alike have climbed these mountains, encountering the same types ...

Lodgepole and foxtail pine are commonly found above timberline, but the Jeffrey stood out as “not belonging there.” The hike resulted in a new elevation record for the Jeffrey pine, now ... tops of ...

A professor's casual hike in the High Sierra turned into a new elevation record for California ... pine trees, preliminary evidence suggests the bird carries fleshy Jeffrey pine seeds up the ...

Photographer Mitch Epstein's years-long project highlights the majesty and vulnerability of old growth forests across the US ...