Decorated by the Skunk Train and towering over 200 feet, the living tree in Fort Bragg and Willits tops a new global ranking.

WHEN it comes to the world’s tallest Christmas tree, you might think it would be in one of the Nordic countries – but you’d ...

These skyscraping superstars are the stalwart examples of their species Trees have many interesting features and uses, but it's perhaps their height that inspires the most reverie. Humans may have a ...

Mendocino County’s Skunk Train claimed Monday to host the world’s tallest living Christmas tree, just days after a newly decorated tree in Eureka appeared to have snatched the coveted title. Stathi ...

The festive White House Christmas Tree in Washington, DC. The theme for this year's holiday decorations is “Season of Peace and Light.” Photo by Anna Moneymaker. From the “most famous” (a disputed ...

More than 20 years after it became a Christmas icon, a famed live oak tree in Wilmington was getting plenty of national attention. Dubbed the World's Largest Living Christmas Tree, its lights were ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Nestled in the remote village of Kadiri, in the Anantapur ...

There are many tall Christmas trees out there, but none compare to this one.The site of the world’s tallest glass tree is ...

Michigan is home to seven of America’s largest trees. They’re known as national champions. One stands beside a curb in Allegan County. Another towers over a home in Berrien County. Some are in the ...

Nancy Curtis stands in front of the coast redwood in the front yard of a property she owns in west Olympia. The tree, measuring 30 feet in circumference, is currently the largest Olympia tree that has ...

A hundred years ago, Maryland’s first state forester, Fred Besley, issued a challenge to residents: Go out in the woods and find the biggest tree you can. Then collect its measurements and send them ...

Lou Ellyn Jones stood beneath the outstretched branches of a Western redcedar in the corner of her backyard in northeast Olympia, recounting the peace it brought her during the COVID-19 pandemic. She ...