It puts that wood around the trunk, which grows wider, and into the limbs and the branches, which grow thicker. The giant sequoia is a snow tree, Sillett says, adapted for long winters in the Sierra.

Crashing across the pavement and into the road, the thick trunk slammed down as the family turned back in horror to catch a glimpse of the fallen tree. Shelly can be seen jumping back in surprise ...

How do you conserve an ancient wedge of giant tree? With solvent, buckets of conservation-grade resin and a lot of patience. Giant sequoias are among the largest organisms in the world. It took 12 ...

YAKUSHIMA, Kagoshima Prefecture—An ancient giant has fallen in the forest ... it snapped the trunk of a massive tree estimated to be around 3,000 years old. This dates the "Yayoi sugi" cedar ...