If you thought the ancient evergreens at California's Big Basin Redwoods State Park were old, the state's bristlecone pines ...

This California city is the ideal gateway to Redwood National and State Parks, breweries and seafood restaurants, unique stays, ocean beaches, and so much more.

BISHOP, Calif. — Perhaps you’ve heard this piece of state lore: California is home to the tallest, largest and oldest trees in the world. Well, it turns out to be true, with some qualification.

Although redwood advocacy groups began forming in the early 1900s and a few parks were established to protect the majestic trees, it wasn’t until 1968 that Redwood National Park, where the world ...

Dozens of California state parks also have redwoods, but Taylor said the largest contiguous stretches of old-growth redwoods are to the far north, in places like Redwood, which is jointly managed ...

Giant redwood trees tower above the others in UK woodland (Picture: JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP) The world’s largest trees are thriving in the UK, and now outnumber the remaining ones in their native habitat.

Financially, the battered redwood lands of Northern California are well within our means. In 1998, San Francisco's prominent Fisher family bought 235,000 acres (951 sq km) for $200m (£163m) to ...

A mission to undo decades of damage to the redwoods of California caused by unchecked logging involves even more logging — and chain saws. The California redwood forests, once heavily logged ...

Joshua trees are unique to the Southwestern United States, with the majority of their population located in California. But not even the desert-adapted trees are immune to climate change, which ...

Gold and redwood trees soon turned California into the Saudi Arabia of the 19th century, ... The world's largest known tree is the Lost Monarch in Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park.

There are over 280 state parks in the Golden State—from Anza-Borrego Desert State Park to Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park, these are the seven best state parks in California.