Older than the Pyramids, as old as Stonehenge, and ‘around the time the Polynesians settled Fiji’—these are the types of expressions used to describe the age of the world’s oldest trees. This collection of photos and descriptions, published last week by Wired, displays some of the most ancient trees on the planet. Scroll to the [...]

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Courtesy of the Mother Nature Network, this slideshow series identifies the most important, significant, amazing … trees in the world. Description from mnn.com: This redwood tree is located in Sequoia National Park in California and is believed to be between 2,300 and 2,700 years old. It towers about 275 feet above the ground, is the [...]

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