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Podcast: Tree Week Love Letters

Can trees write back?

The Podcast Team April 23, 2024

24 of the Oldest Trees in the World

From Methuselah the bristlecone pine to a descendant of Japan's first tea tree.

Jonathan Carey April 19, 2024

When polar bears like this mom and cub wander into Churchill, a small town in a remote northern corner of Canada, they might just end up in "polar bear jail."

7 Unbelievable Environmental Stories from Every Continent

An around-the-world tour for Earth Day.

April White April 19, 2024

Great Basin bristlecone pines are seemingly immortal trees that can often withstand the knobby twists of fate.

Are Bristlecone Pines Really Immortals Living Among Us?

These scrappy and squat high-elevation trees can live for thousands of years without seeming to age.

Ula Chrobak April 5, 2024

Agia Solomoni Catacomb

Beneath an ancient wishing tree lies an underground chapel with 12th-century frescoes and catacombs dedicated to a lady saint.

Quinault, Washington

Quinault Giant Sitka Spruce

Standing 191 feet tall and measuring more than 55 feet in circumference, this is the world's tallest spruce tree.

Cirencester, England

World's Tallest Yew Hedge

Trimmings from the record-setting tree line that surrounds Cirencester Park have been used to manufacture chemotherapy drugs.

Arlington, Washington

Giant Cedar Stump

At a rest stop north of Seattle, the trunk of an ancient tree.

The U.K.'s giant trees are growing as fast as their California counterparts.

Giant Sequoias Are Thriving in an Unexpected Place: the U.K.

There are now more of the world's biggest trees in Britain than California.

Jennifer Billock March 20, 2024

Dunsfold, England

St Mary's and All Saints Church & Holy Well

An ancient yew tree and holy well nestle beside a remarkable 13th-century church.

Hanegi Park

The 650 red and white Japanese plum trees of this Tokyo neighborhood blossom each spring.

A trunk so wide it makes people look like miniatures.

Meet General Sherman – the Largest Tree in the World (By Volume)

This Giant Sequoia contains California history, Civil War history, and a whole lot of wonder, all within its ultra-thick bark.

Sponsored by Visit California

I spy someone lurking in the whistling thorn acacia trees.

Ants Are Swarming Kenya’s Trees and Changing Everything for Lions

Even the smallest insect can impact the largest animals.

Jennifer Billock February 1, 2024

Podcast: Seeking the (Minnesota-Shaped) Forest Through the Trees - Part 2

The man behind the mysterious project finally shares why.

The Podcast Team February 1, 2024

Podcast: Seeking the (Minnesota-Shaped) Forest Through the Trees - Part 1

If a tree falls in Google Maps, does it make a sound?

The Podcast Team January 31, 2024

Wellington, New Zealand

Moko Tree

This 800-year-old Rimu tree may be the oldest of its kind in the world.

Nam Theun, Laos

Flooded Forests of Nam Theun

The largest hydroelectric project in Laos created this eerie landscape.

Palo Alto, California

El Palo Alto

This redwood is a historic landmark, a town’s namesake, and the dancing sideline symbol of Stanford University.