Two types of iconic sequoia trees have grown tall and strong in a surprising place: Michigan. One was believed to be extinct less than 100 years ago. The other is the largest living thing on Earth.

This story appears in the December 2012 issue of National Geographic magazine. On a gentle slope above a trail junction in Sequoia National Park, about 7,000 feet above sea level in the southern ...

How do you conserve an ancient wedge of giant tree? With solvent, buckets of conservation-grade resin and a lot of patience. Giant sequoias are among the largest organisms in the world. It took 12 ...

Planting of these fast-growing, carbon-eating seedlings, descendants of the Stagg and Waterfall trees, will begin this spring ...

The tree stands 86 feet tall with a 3.9-foot diameter. One of the three sequoia species, the dawn redwood is neither as tall ...

Associated Press Monday, Sept. 20, 2021 8:25 a.m. | Monday, Sept. 20, 2021 8:25 a.m. Four famous giant sequoias were not harmed by a wildfire that reached the edge of Giant Forest in California ...

If you have dreamed of seeing big trees you are going to love the Mariposa Grove of Giant Sequoias in Yosemite National Park. This area recently went through a $40 million dollar restoration project.