Extreme wildfires have killed up to 20% of the world's mature giant sequoias since 2015, according to researchers with the U.S. Geological Survey's Western Ecological Research Center (WERC).

SIERRA NEVADA, Calif. — Giant sequoia trees have been able to withstand centuries of wildfires, evolving over thousands of years to co-exist. People from around the world travel to California's Sierra ...

DETROIT – A giant sequoia forest could soon be growing in a Detroit neighborhood. Arboretum Detroit, which owns and manages a system of parks in the Poletown East neighborhood, has plans to plant 200 ...

DETROIT - A forest of reborn ancient giant sequoia trees will soon be planted in a Detroit neighborhood that has come together to support it. Arboretum Detroit, which owns and manages a system of ...

(THREE RIVERS, Calif.) — The resilience of some of Earth’s timeless towering treasures, the ancient sequoia trees, is being tested by the very thing they rely on to survive: fire. “Up until just a few ...

Researchers climbed General Sherman, the world's largest tree, for the first time ever and gave it a clean bill of health. The researchers were looking for bark beetles, which have become more ...

DETROIT (WXYZ) — What was once vacant land is transforming into an urban forest on Detroit's east side, as a local non-profit works to plant giant sequoia trees ...

High in the evergreen canopy of General Sherman, the world's largest tree, researchers searched for evidence of an emerging threat to giant sequoias: bark beetles. The climbers descended the towering ...

Most people know Yellowstone was the first national park. Ask what the second was and you may get shrugs, but it was Sequoia National Park, and it’s celebrating its 135th year on Sept. 25. Here’s a ...