The oldest tree species is the Great Basin bristlecone pine, with many trees dating back around 4,000 years. ... Guinness World Records clocks the tree at 4,856 years old as of 2024.

The tree “is about 125 years old,” Veitch said. “When we looked at it four weeks ago it looked pretty good. Today that tree is practically completely dead.

In an old-growth longleaf pine savanna, the trees’ pine needles sing in the wind. Once considered forests, these landscapes in the southeastern U.S. coastal plain are open-canopied and sunny ...

At the Pfynwald forest in the picturesque Rhône Valley, scientists in 2003 started giving some of the century-old Scots pine trees growing there double the amount of water they would naturally ...

Dozens of pine trees that many enjoy from their windows and on walks are coming down. "They block wind, they create shade, they're just big beautiful trees and they're not a 100-year-old trees.

Pine trees make needle drop easy to notice because they often have an open branching habit. Because pine needles grow — and fall — in bundles of two or more, the loss may be especially obvious.