Nevada was once home to Prometheus, an ancient bristlecone pine that was also the oldest living organism on the planet. Then ...

High on a windswept Nevada mountainside in the 1960s, a young researcher set out to read the history of climate written in ...

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 ...