High on a windswept Nevada mountainside in the 1960s, a young researcher set out to read the history of climate written in ...
Nevada was once home to Prometheus, an ancient bristlecone pine that was also the oldest living organism on the planet. Then ...
Living relics are great remnants of the past that continue to live in the present, and provide a special connection to ancient times. These living things, whether they be ancient trees, long-lived ...
High in the arid mountain forests of eastern California there is a living tree that's older than the pyramids of Giza and the ancient city-state of Babylon — but its location is a secret. The ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Not many living organisms have been around long enough to ...