Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Trees older than empires are not as rare as you might think ...

King’s lomatia is a single clonal plant that has survived for over 43,000 years. Here’s how it’s outlasted ice ages, climate ...

Hidden high in California’s White Mountains, a solitary bristlecone pine has survived nearly 5,000 years. Guarded in secrecy, ...

A Michigan man has found his calling, seeking to reproduce some of the oldest and biggest trees ever known to humanity by cloning them, according to the online magazine Reasons to Be Cheerful. From ...

BIG PINE, Calif. (FOX 5/KUSI) — Hidden high in the White Mountains of eastern California, a gnarled, weathered tree quietly holds a staggering secret — it’s nearly 5,000 years old. Known as the ...

If you think you've ever messed up badly at your job, consider the case of Donald Rusk Currey. In 1964, the young graduate student of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill was studying the ...

Some trees don’t just survive centuries, they survive civilizations,and they are rightfully called iconic and historic. These ancient beings have stood through geological periods, have witnessed ...

Every state and territory in Australia has got big things. Consider the big Merino ram, big chooks, big Ned Kelly, or even the big golden guitar. We also have big extinct megafauna, like the ...

BIG PINE, Calif. (KSWB/KUSI) — Hidden high in the White Mountains of eastern California, a gnarled, weathered tree quietly holds a staggering secret — it’s nearly 5,000 years old. Known as the ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. BIG PINE, Calif. (KSWB/KUSI) — Hidden high ...