A UC Davis professor's pleasure hike in the High Sierra turned into a new elevation record for California's highest tree, the ...

The Jeffrey pine, one of the iconic trees of the Sierra Nevada, appears to have eclipsed other pines to become the ...

UC Davis professor Hugh Safford found the highest living tree in California on a recent hike through the High Sierra.

A professor's casual hike in the High Sierra turned into a new elevation record for California's highest tree, the Jeffrey pine, which wasn't formerly known to grow at extreme elevations.

Because, of course, California is still doing this … It was recently announced by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) that ...

This suggests the Jeffrey pine is California's highest tree—at least for the moment. Safford's work indicates that other species are growing higher than commonly used databases suggest.

Firefighters in central California were working Tuesday ... Less than 15 miles from the fire, the Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest contains trees that are more than 4,000 years old.

The former Vice President's youngest daughter has remarried in a low-key ceremony in California Sarah ... vows under the world's largest Torrey Pine tree The Friday ceremony was decidedly less ...

Southern California's wildfire-ravaged national forests soon could fall under the ax ... UPDATE: USDA order opening SoCal to major logging called infeasible, unwise That report outlines the benefits ...

Firefighters in Central California were working Tuesday ... Less than 15 miles from the fire, the Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest contains trees that are more than 4,000 years old.