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 ...

At the Cragside site in Northumberland, England, the giant Wellingtonia tree, a redwood (Sequoia) planted in the 19th century, rises to an astonishing height of 44.70 meters, earning its official ...

Think you can guess where the biggest Christmas trees in the world are located? You're in for a surprise... or two.

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 ...

A giant white pine shoots up from within this old-growth forest in Ontario. Here’s where to find it – and just how tall it is ...

Once again, the Citadel Outlets in Commerce is laying claim to hosting the tallest fresh-cut Christmas tree in the world. This year’s tree is a white fir that stands 115 feet tall. Once again, the ...

Portland, Ore. — Authorities in Oregon are trying to extinguish a fire burning in one of the world's tallest trees, near the state's southern coast. The Doerner Fir, a coastal Douglas Fir tree over ...

The world’s tallest cut Christmas tree was crowned at Seattle’s Northgate Shopping Center in 1950, a Douglas fir measuring nearly 212 feet. That tree was decorated with 3,600 lights and its branches ...