Researchers have shed new light on the features that enable tree-dwelling mammals to move effectively through their ...

The Earth is full of wonders. Mountains, deserts, forests. Cities, monuments, artificial islands. But some things are so massive or uniquely designed .

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

Towering over California’s Giant Forest, the 2,200-year-old General Sherman tree is the largest on Earth by volume. But how ...

The giraffe is the tallest land animal on Earth - but height alone doesn’t explain its survival in one of the most competitive ecosystems on the planet. In this video, we explore how its elevated ...

The General Sherman tree, located in Sequoia National Park, holds the title of the largest tree by volume, an ancient giant that continues to awe visitors with its immense size and resilience.

Needless to say, the General Sherman tree is pretty heavy. The US National Park Service quotes a figure of around 1,270,000 kilograms (2,799,870 pounds) for the trunk alone – that’s roughly the ...

Hundreds of millions of years before dinosaurs, the tallest things on land were not trees or animals but towering, trunk-like ...

Astonishing images of some of the world's largest trees, from towering giant sequoias and coastal redwoods to colossal cedars ...

Prototaxites taiti’ was not a fungus but an extinct eukaryotic lineage, a study reveals, resolving a mystery that as ...

ADDISON, Maine (WABI) - In the small Downeast town of Addison, you’ll find the world’s largest buoy Christmas tree, constructed by the local Addison Days Committee. Standing over 23 feet tall, the ...

The world record for the tallest bedded Christmas tree has been broken by a UK country house. Cragside, a Tudor Revival property near the town of Rothbury in Northumberland, secured the Guinness World ...