Some hikes feature jaw-dropping vistas, while others offer up unparalleled insights into natural history. This world-famous hike in California does both.

The largest natural bishop pine forest in the world is in Tomales Bay State Park in Point Reyes. Just like the groves of their majestic cousins, the coastal redwoods, bishop pine forests can last for ...

The Golden State is blessed with the tallest tree on earth, the biggest tree in terms of mass on the planet that is also ...

A version of this article appears in print on Oct. 9, 2022, Section A, Page 14 of the New York edition with the headline: In California, a Hardy Pine Has Lived for 4,800 Years.

Take a trip to the Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest, on the Nevada-California border near Bishop, Calif., where the oldest tree is nearly 5,000 years old. Makes you feel like a youngster, doesn't it?

Bishop pine only grows in a handful of places on the West Coast. In one of those places, the drought-stricken Channel Islands off the coast of California, they're dying off in huge numbers.

Less than 15 miles from the fire, the Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest contains trees that are more than 4,000 years old. The Patriarch Tree is the world's largest bristlecone pine tree.

1 of 11 | A Great Basin bristlecone pine tree, which endure in harsh conditions that other vegetation cannot withstand, in Bishop, Calif. on Sept. 13, 2022. In a ...

Scientists have discovered a new contender for the oldest tree in the world, potentially bumping California’s ancient bristlecone pine tree from the top spot. The state’s “Methuselah ...