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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...