These forests are often called “living museums” due to their ability to harbor plant species that have remained unchanged since prehistoric times. From the lush tropical rainforests to the tree groves ...

Explore the world's oldest forests, from Australia's 180-million-year-old Daintree to Japan's Yakushima with trees over 7,000 years old, each offering unique ecosystems and wildlife.

The temperate rainforests of the Chilean Coast Range are home to a spectacular array of life: iridescent blue lizards, tiny ...

CAIRO — Discovery of the fossilized remains of a prehistoric forest in Cairo has set the scientific world on its ear. A research team from Binghamton University was sifting through fossil soils at a ...

Why it's incredible: The forest preserves some of the oldest trees in the world. The Cairo Fossil Forest is a unique collection of 385 million-year-old trees preserved in an abandoned quarry in ...

There are trees in some parts of the United States that are older than William Shakespeare. The Pacific Northwest old-growth forests, which stretch for hundreds of miles through parts of Northern ...

The Cairo Fossil Forest is a unique collection of 385 million-year-old trees preserved in an abandoned quarry in upstate New York. The forest holds some of the oldest trees in the world, as well as ...

Soils surrounding large, ancient alerce trees in Chile accumulate a disproportionately high diversity of fungi, which help store more carbon and make the entire forest healthier, suggesting that ...