General Sherman appears to be holding up well (not bad for a 2,200-year-old), but because of pests and climate change, the largest tree in the world needs a checkup ...

SEQUOIA NATIONAL PARK, California (AP) — High in the evergreen canopy of General Sherman, the world’s largest tree, researchers searched for evidence of an emerging threat to giant sequoias ...

The climbers descended the towering 2,200-year-old tree with good news on Tuesday. “The General Sherman tree is doing fine right now,” said Anthony Ambrose, executive director of the Ancient ...

The name "Sherman Tree" is inspired by the Sherman Tree, the largest and oldest known tree in the world, estimated to be over 3,500 years old and standing at 84 meters tall. This tree symbolizes ...

Researchers climbed General Sherman, the world's largest tree, for the first time ever in search of bark beetles, which have become more threatening to giant sequoia trees.

T heir goal: To give the 2,200-year-old tree a checkup. "The General Sherman tree has never been climbed before because it is such a famous tree and there was no compelling need to climb it before ...

Known as the General Sherman tree, the tree was first estimated at nearly 6, 000 years years old, while more recent estimates in the 1960s cut its age to 3, 500 years and even to 2,500 years.

The climbers descended the towering 2,200-year-old tree with good news on Tuesday. Researchers climb General Sherman, the world’s largest tree, in Sequoia National Park, Calif. on Tuesday, May ...