Ecologists discovered the tallest tree in the Amazon – and it was nearly 50 percent taller than the previous record holder.

The Doerner Fir tree, one of the world’s tallest, caught fire and has sustained damage that could lower its global ranking. The fire has not yet spread to the surrounding coastal Oregon wilderness but ...

In coastal Oregon, the state's tallest fir tree is burning. Douglas-firs (Pseudotsuga menziesii) are Oregon's most common trees, but the tree that's ablaze, known as the Doerner Fir, is special.

The General Sherman sequoia in Kings Canyon National Park is listed as the world’s biggest tree by volume. The world’s tallest is a 381-foot coast redwood tucked into a drainage in California’s North ...

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