But that argument grew more complicated this month after a Chilean researcher used unusual techniques to date a tree of a different species, a Patagonian cypress. If correct, his work would make ...

A Patagonian cypress known as Lañilawal or Alerce Milenario may be the oldest tree on Earth. One researcher estimates it sprouted more than 5,000 years ago, well before the Great Pyramid of Giza ...

In the search for the oldest tree, scientists focus on individuals with just one trunk.) Gran Abuelo is an alerce, or Patagonian cypress, a type of conifer related to giant sequoias and coast ...

The Alerce trees in this forest, also known as Patagonian cypress, or Fitzroya cupressoides, don't just grow older than many other trees. The species is also one of the most climate-sensitive ...

By contrast, the exact location of Methuselah is kept a secret. Also known as the Patagonian cypress, it is the largest tree species in South America. It lives alongside other tree species ...

It is an alerce tree, a Patagonian Cypress tree from the species Fitzroya cupressoides, which is native to Chile and Southern Argentina. This particular example has a trunk that measures 4 meters ...

This tree's survival mechanism involves shedding and regrowing its trunk, a process that has helped it endure through the ages. This Patagonian cypress (Fitzroya cupressoides) in Chile’s Alerce ...

As it survived fires and logging, the Patagonian cypress grew to become one of the largest trees inside Alerce Costero National Park, eventually ballooning to more than 13 feet in diameter.

Alerce trees, which are also referred to as Patagonian Cypress, can be found in Chile and southern Argentina. The oldest known alerce is believed to be roughly 4000-years-old. The trees contain ...

This tree has been a major focus of my The trunk of a Patagonian Cypress tree, an iconic species which is at the centre of an international bid to preserved it in the wild. Pic: Josefina Hepp ...

The Patagonian cypress trees, found on the shores of Lake Nauel Huapi in Argentina, grows extremely slowly and live for 2,000 years and thus allowing scientists to gauge what the weather was like ...

Known in Spanish as the alerce, the Patagonian cypress grows extremely slowly ... studies what the ancient trees say about changing weather patterns. "This has allowed us to see that in some ...