Earth's largest and oldest organism, the Pando aspen tree in Fishlake National Forest in Utah, is being eaten alive by ...

The world's largest banyan tree, Thimmamma Marrimanu, in Kadiri, Andhra Pradesh, boasts a canopy that spans a massive 19,107 ...

Some organisms can outlive humans by hundreds or even thousands of years, and the contender for Earth's oldest living thing ...

The only certainty is that Currey did have permission to cut down what was discovered to be the oldest tree on record. Now known as Prometheus, the tree was found to be nearly 5,000 years old.

Though there are different accounts on the circumstances of the request, such as Currey needing to retrieve his core drill (an expensive tool used to measure trees ages without significantly harming ...