the world’s largest tree, researchers searched for evidence of an emerging threat to giant sequoias: bark beetles. The ...

I saw the big burls at close range. I saw the smooth, purplish bark of the smaller branches. All around me was living tree. I looked up, dizzily, noticing small cracks in the deadwood and channels ...

and lichens cover the bark. This tree, at 301 feet, isn't even close to the world's tallest, at 379.1, but accord­ing to Sillett, who is waiting for Fay at an opening in the canopy right at the ...

Giant sequoias are among the largest organisms in the world ... sequoia to monitor and document any changes to its condition. Some parts of the tree slice, including the bark, had become fragile and ...