Scientists have uncovered ancient whitebark pine trees preserved for almost 6,000 years in Wyoming's Rocky Mountains. This discovery offers crucial insights into historical climate patterns and ...

Using carbon dating, Montana State University researchers found the clutch of 30 whitebark pine trees were between 5,440 and ...

One of the state’s few remaining old-growth longleaf pine forests, Flagg Mountain connects to the famous Appalachian Trail. A ...

A melting ice patch in the Rocky Mountains uncovered an ancient forest, and these trees have stories to tell about dynamic landscapes and climate change ...

BILLINGS – For more than 5,000 years, a stand of whitebark pine trees in the Beartooth Mountains were preserved in an ice patch. During an ancient warm period, the trees had grown at an elevatio ...

The Wollemi Pine’s bark looks like bubbling chocolate—but its real secret? It’s a 200-million-year-old survivor from the age ...

Trees dating back almost 6000 years have come to scientists' attention due to ice melting in the Rocky mountains, offering a "time capsule" into the past ...

Eastern white pine is a very handsome tree widely used for landscaping, windbreaks and visual barriers. It can be hard to ...

The nearly 6,000-year-old forest shows how the world can change as temperatures rise and fall, says researcher ...

Melting ice has revealed an ancient pine forest in the Rocky Mountains in the United States. The trees, which date back almost 6000 years, were found 600 feet (183 metres) above the current tree ...