Dawn redwood trees once were believed extinct. The towering trees have been quietly growing in Michigan for decades.

Towering hundreds of feet high, the Californian redwoods are a stunning natural wonder. Aside from their size, there are some unusual facts about these trees.

As trees grow larger, their heartwood proportion increases and eventually accounts for most of the biomass. Heartwood decay ...

The National Park Service is trying to preserve the world’s tallest tree by banning hikes to it. But this approach will never completely work since the location of the 380-foot redwood is an ...

Northern California's redwood forests are world-renowned. But some of these spectacularly tall and long-lived trees aren't doing as well as they once were.

The dawn redwood tree, one of Baltimore's most photographed trees, was struck by lightning on Memorial Day at Cylburn Arboretum.

Are you the owner of a big dawn redwood? It could be eligible for inclusion on the Michigan Big Tree Register. This sequoia species is known to grow up to 140 feet tall and 6 feet in diameter ...

In fact, in New Zealand redwood trees grow so rapidly that within 50 years they are gigantic and ready for harvest. Interestingly, for such a large tree, the cones are scarcely 1 inch in length!

The California redwood forests, once heavily logged, now face an even more uncertain future, given climate change and wildfires. A new project aims to promote a healthier environment for the ...

Yes, you can grow redwood and sequoia trees in Southern California. Rick Akers, who lives in Long Beach, has mature specimens that prove the point. “I planted both from seedlings I procured at ...

Magical trees To answer Menter’s question, we first have to understand why redwood trees are unique to the Bay Area. Coast redwoods — which we’re focusing on for this story — stretch up and down the ...