Meet Pando, an ancient tree in Utah that has grown into one of Earth's largest living wonders. Pando, Latin for 'I spread,' appears to be a forest but is actually one massive tree. Weighing 13 ...

Here’s how it works. Why it's incredible: Pando looks like a forest, but it's actually one giant tree. Pando is an ancient quaking aspen tree (Populus tremuloides) with 47,000 genetically ...

Aerial view of Pando’s land mass, outlined in green. Credit: Lance Oditt, friendsofpando.org/GIS map by Paul Rogers and Daren McAvoy For this story, we’re taking ...

Every tree in Pando is genetically identical, sharing DNA from a root system that has been growing and regenerating for tens of thousands of years beneath the forest floor. Named after the Latin ...

DNA samples from one of the world’s largest and oldest plants — a quaking aspen tree ( Populus tremuloides) in Utah called Pando — have ... s Fishlake National Forest. Because of the way ...

Earth's biggest living known organism, which is also the planet's very largest tree, is slowly being eaten in Fresh Lake, Utah in America. 'Pando' is ... by the US National Forest Service and ...

The kids are already taking virtual trips to the national forest, raising questions about Pando's size, age, origin and whose job it is to protect the tree. Taylor plans to use her students ...