The oldest tree species is the Great Basin bristlecone pine (Pinus longaeva). The oldest tree of the species is named Methuselah and is more than 4,800 years old. The longevity of the Great Basin ...

The oldest living organisms on earth are North America's bristlecone pine trees. The species scientific name, Pinus longaeva, is a tribute to the pine's longevity. California's "Methuselah ...

The Douglas fir, also called a Douglas tree, Oregon pine or Douglas spruce, can grow hundreds of feet high — and the oldest of the species can live for over 1,000 years. The Douglas fir was ...

which makes it one of the oldest trees in the world. Over the years, the Great Basin Bristlecone Pine has maintained its vigor as a natural attraction and a living species that has defied all odds ...

His research, which is not yet published, challenges the current record -- held by a bristlecone pine in the White Mountains of central California, known as Methuselah. That tree is 4,850 years ...

The tree has the honor of being the oldest living thing in the world. But L.A. Times columnist Patt Morrison explained how a different species is giving the bristlecone pine a run for its money.

Many lists of oldest trees stick to single-trunked plants ... The cypress family contains the most millennials, but the longest-lived species is a pine with an effective age limit of five millennia.