In coastal Oregon, the state's tallest fir tree is burning. Douglas-firs (Pseudotsuga menziesii) are Oregon's most common trees, but the tree that's ablaze, known as the Doerner Fir, is special.

Researchers from the UK and Malaysia have revealed the world’s tallest tropical tree, measuring more than 100 metres high. Within the thick rainforest of Malaysia, a tree has been found that could be ...

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 ...

Firefighters in Oregon are racing to save the Doerner Fir - one of the world's tallest and oldest trees - from a fire that has been burning since Saturday. The giant fir, more than 325ft (99m) tall ...

Hyperion, certified by Guinness World Records as the world's tallest living tree, is officially off-limits to visitors. California's Redwood National Park issued a statement last week that anyone who ...

The Doerner Fir tree, one of the world’s tallest, caught fire and has sustained damage that could lower its global ranking. The fire has not yet spread to the surrounding coastal Oregon wilderness but ...

The National Trust says work to dismantle the 150-year-old tree will begin on Monday The tallest tree at a National Trust garden in Devon, believed to be about 150 years old, will be felled amid ...

Melissa Breyer is Treehugger’s former senior editorial director. Her writing and photography have been featured in The New York Times, The Guardian, National Geographic, Audubon Magazine, and ...

US scientists and researchers from the Ancient Forest Society and the Giant Sequoia Land Coalition have for the first time ever scaled the largest living tree on the planet - the iconic 85-metre ...