The Jeffrey pine, one of the iconic trees of the Sierra Nevada, appears to have eclipsed other pines to become the ...

UC Davis Professor Hugh Safford was hiking for pleasure in California's High Sierra when he stumbled upon a new elevation ...

A professor's casual hike in the High Sierra turned into a new elevation record for California's highest tree, the Jeffrey pine, which wasn't formerly known to grow at extreme elevations.

Scientist finds Jeffrey pine trees at record mountain heights, suggesting climate-driven shifts in Sierra Nevada.

The ancient Bristlecone Pine trees are seen on Sept. 13, 2007, in the White Mountains of the Inyo National Forest near Bishop, California. With some over 4,000 years old, they are the oldest trees in ...

Southern California's wildfire-ravaged national forests soon could ... That report outlines the benefits of pine trees that ...

Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest, home to the oldest trees in the world, is in the White Mountains ... was temporarily closed but reopened at 6:40 a.m. Monday, according to the California Highway ...

Like the trees that produce them ... found in Montgomery State Reserve near Ukiah, California, is 367 feet tall. The tallest bristlecone pine is but 60 feet tall, and most of its kind are much ...

California is famously home to the oldest ... home and so many others on her block were destroyed. But the towering pine trees that lined her driveway and the 100-year-old oaks in her backyard ...

Firefighters in central California were working Tuesday ... Less than 15 miles from the fire, the Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest contains trees that are more than 4,000 years old.

Firefighters in Central California were working Tuesday ... Less than 15 miles from the fire, the Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest contains trees that are more than 4,000 years old.