California is home to the largest trees on Earth, the giant sequoia. Standing under these massive organisms, you can’t help but be filled with wonder at how something can be so old and so enormous, ...

CAMP NELSON, Tulare County — In a recently burned stretch of forest in the remote southern Sierra, the charred corpse of a giant sequoia tree — 14 feet wide and 213 feet tall — stands out as a ...

The first time I saw one of the largest trees on Earth was by accident. I took a southern route from the East Coast to Lake Tahoe, stopping for an afternoon in Yosemite's Mariposa Grove. Without ...