The planet's trees have seen plenty of history pass by their trunks. In fact, they began to populate Earth 385 million years ...

Firefighters in Oregon are racing to save the Doerner Fir - one of the world's tallest and oldest trees - from a fire that has been burning since Saturday. The giant fir, more than 325ft (99m) tall ...

In a remote area of Coos County, Oregon, a mighty Douglas fir is burning. The tree, known as the Doerner fir, is thought to be between 450 to 500 years old and has lost about 15 meters (50 feet) in ...

The mother of them all, Methuselah, the once-confirmed oldest living tree on Earth, can be seen from the trail, but, in order to protect it from vandalism, there is no sign marking it.