Get all the news you need in your inbox each morning. According to Guinness World Records, the oldest tree species in the world are the bristlecone pines, found in the White Mountains in California.

This involves figuring out where a species belongs in the evolutionary tree, based on the traits ... that the little Bristol reptile is indeed the world's oldest modern-type lizard," says Whiteside.

It's the oldest Christmas tree in the world! The scientist who discovered its age named the plant after his favourite dog. Old Tjikko is over 9,550 years old, but the visible tree is much younger ...

THE world's oldest person has reportedly died aged 116 just months after being awarded the historic title. Japanese supercentenarian Tomiko Itooka passed away at her care home on December 29 ...

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.

The Beauly elm has been laser-scanned to create digital images of the tree What is believed to be Europe's oldest elm tree has succumbed to Dutch Elm Disease and is dying, say experts. The wych ...

Northland is also home to one of the oldest privet trees in the country, with a tree at Edmonds Ruins, near Kerikeri, possibly be more than 100 years old. However, its days are numbered.