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The world's oldest trees over 3,000 years old
Long before human civilisation took root, some of Earth’s most ancient inhabitants were quietly securing themselves into the ...
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At 4,800-years-old, the world's oldest living tree predates the Egyptian pyramids
In the quiet reaches of California’s White Mountains, one tree has survived through 4,800 years of storms, droughts, empires, ...
New road threatens ‘Great Grandfather’ one of the world’s oldest trees and legacy of weather patterns: “they’re like encyclopedias”
Believed to be around 5,400 years old, ‘El Gran Abuelo’ is under threat with plans for a new highway through a protected ...
'Princess Diana' moment: Why UK is heartbroken by a grisly murder whose victim was a tree
A legal case has opened in Britain over the felling of a much-loved, ancient tree named the 'Sycamore Gap.' Some Britons are struggling to get over its demise.
Can the world's oldest tree survive 'progress'?
The Gran Abuelo, an ancient 5,400-year-old tree in Chile's Alerce Costero National Park, is at risk due to a proposed highway ...
Sycamore Gap tree took more than a century to grow and less than 3 minutes to fell, prosecutors say
Until Tuesday, the tree's tumble hadn't been shown publicly, but discovery of the fallen tree reverberated across the United ...
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Replanted tree from age of dinosaurs bears fruit for first time
One of the world's rarest and oldest trees, which dinosaurs used to snack on is bearing fruit for the first time after a ...
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Can the world's oldest tree survive 'progress'?
In the depths of a Chilean rainforest stands the 'Gran Abuelo,' an approximately 5,400-year-old tree fighting for survival. A highway project now threatens its existence — and the ecosystem ...