California’s giant redwood trees are some of the tallest and most impressive trees on the planet. Standing beneath them can feel like looking up at massive wooden skyscrapers. Even more incredible, in ...

You will stand among giant redwoods in Montgomery Woods State Natural Reserve, an underrated forest in Northern California.

The biggest of northern California’s giant redwood trees grow more than ... Logging was banned decades ago, but in recent years the redwoods have been faced with a new threat.

“Gesundheit,” I said. David Quammen’s new book, Spillover, is about zoonotic diseases. Michael Nichols photographed California’s giant redwoods for the October 2009 issue.