Redwoods in California’s coastal mountains get more of the glory including being the official state tree. But redwoods are babes and petite in terms of girth and age compared to their giant sequoia ...

Glimpsing a giant sequoia has to be one of the first things on a California bucket list. These colossal trees can grow to 300 feet tall and weigh more than 640 tons. Add to that the fact that they ...

FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — A lightning-sparked wildfire in California’s Sierra National Forest burned Tuesday through a grove of giant sequoias and set some of the ancient towering trees on fire. Wildland ...

Roughly 95% of California’s old-growth redwood forests have been logged at least once, leaving mostly young trees and making the overall ecosystem less diverse. Fern mats — spongy masses of ...