But a few dozen of its neighbors have taken ill and died in recent years under threat from drought and bark beetle infestations, so on Tuesday the giant sequoia known as the General Sherman tree ...

Reps. Vince Fong and Scott Peters are introducing legislation to speed restoration of fire-threatened giant sequoia groves.

Giant Sequoias look like something straight out of science fiction, but you don’t need to travel to a galaxy far, far away to see them! These ancient, towering trees have been around for ...

Planting of these fast-growing, carbon-eating seedlings, descendants of the Stagg and Waterfall trees, will begin this spring ...

That is, this tree is so big you can scarcely look at it all. It has a name, the President, bestowed about 90 years ago by admiring humans. It’s a giant sequoia, a member of Sequoiadendron ...

The astounding trees we now know as giant sequoias can live for more than 3,000 years and grow to some 300 feet, and the superlative species inspired this young, growing nation like no other ...

How do you conserve an ancient wedge of giant tree? With solvent, buckets of conservation-grade resin and a lot of patience. Giant sequoias are among the largest organisms in the world. It took 12 ...

The General Sherman Tree – the world's largest tree by volume – stands 275 feet tall and measures more than 36 feet in diameter at its base. Visitors call the tree magnificent and humbling ...

Just a short drive away, Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks were named the “best for supersized trees and landscapes” by ...