Each giant sequoia can also absorb about 187 pounds of carbon dioxide per year, reducing the amount of the greenhouse gas in the atmosphere. All this is made possible by the fact that sequoias ...

It has a name, the President, bestowed about 90 years ago by admiring humans. It’s a giant sequoia, a member of Sequoiadendron giganteum, one of several surviving species of redwoods.

Sequoia trees are undoubtedly one of the most astounding living organisms on our planet. In the days of the Jurassic period, ...

Ancient giant sequoia trees grow here, and on Monday morning, ancient words came forth in song, acknowledging the spirits of ...

Michigan's Moon Tree, a sycamore at Fernwood Botanical Garden in Niles, is the last of four that were planted in the state in ...

How do you conserve an ancient wedge of giant tree? With solvent ... Chelsea's team looked closely at the sequoia to monitor and document any changes to its condition. Some parts of the tree slice, ...

Sequoia National Park and the adjacent Kings Canyon National Park offer a variety of exciting things to do. Both are a land ...

Melissa Breyer is Treehugger’s former senior editorial director. Her writing and photography have been featured in The New York Times, The Guardian, National Geographic, Audubon Magazine, and ...

Rafflesia (Rafflesia keithii), Borneo. This plant has no stem or leaves, instead it is a parasite on a vine. By feeding on its host, rafflesia is able to produce the world's biggest flower, a ...

Nick's goal was to create an image that would pay homage to the grandeur of the President. This giant sequoia, 3,200 years old and growing ever larger in California's Sequoia National Park, is not the ...

Sequoia National Park is home to Mount Whitney, the highest mountain in the Lower 48, and General Sherman, a 275-foot tall and 36-foot-wide giant sequoia – the largest tree on earth by volume. Just ...

Visitors to the Giant Forest use a lot of the same words ... of the free park shuttle also stop here. Sequoia National Park Small Group Tour from Three Rivers (72 reviews) 5 Star Rated Sequoia ...