Rising like red-hued skyscrapers in the Sierra Nevada, the towering sequoias here echo the giants in Yosemite, right in a charming Gold Rush town.

Yosemite ecologist Garret Dickman has seen ... beloved Mariposa Grove—a patch of about 500 mature giant sequoias, some of which are more than 2,000 years old­—the first word out of his ...

The Mariposa Grove of Giant Sequoias in Yosemite National Park has reopened. The popular destination, home to the beloved Grizzly Giant tree near the park’s south entrance, reopened Wednesday ...

YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. — The largest grove of giant sequoias in Yosemite National Park remained closed Saturday, a day after hundreds of people were ordered to evacuate as a wildfire ...

YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) — A famed grove of giant sequoias in Yosemite National Park survived its first wildfire in more than a century, thanks to efforts to regularly burn the ...

Yosemite’s giant sequoias were saved by forest-thinning. ... And the sequoias of the Mariposa Grove were standing, with minimal damage. “It was exactly what it was supposed to be,” said the ...

Fire management teams have wrapped the historic Galen Clark cabin in protective foil, Yosemite spokesperson Scott Gediman said. And they’ve installed a sprinkler system to dampen the ground ...

A plane drops fire retardant as the Washburn Fire as it burns near the Mariposa Grove of giant sequoias and the south entrance of Yosemite National Park Monday. ERIC PAUL ZAMORA ezamora@fresnobee ...

Fire crews are working to steer a growing wildfire away from Yosemite National Park's legendary giant sequoias, taking protective measures like installing a sprinkler system to dampen the ground ...