A visit to the ancient bristlecone pine forest in California's White Mountains begins with a dramatic climb from the desert in Owens Valley at 4,000 feet elevation to the Schulman visitor center ...

A recently discovered comet is making a bright debut to Earth this month, and with some effort, sky gazers might be able to ...

The tallest bristlecone pine is but 60 feet tall, and most of its kind are much shorter. Clearly, bigger is not better in such a brutal environment as that found at high altitude in the White ...

Adjacent to Methuselah, another unnamed bristlecone pine in the Inyo National Forest poses an intriguing mystery. Believed to potentially exceed Methuselah in age, this tree's core has eluded ...

Now the oldest known tree is another bristlecone pine in the White Mountains of California, named Methuselah. However, you can still find bristlecone pines in Nevada. Here's a look at the oldest ...