If you thought the ancient evergreens at California's Big Basin Redwoods State Park were old, the state's bristlecone pines ...

This White Mountains, ... Bristlecone Pine Forest manager John Louth said signs of climate change are clear: Warmer temperatures cause more trees to sprout above 10,000 feet.

The bristlecone pines of the White Mountain area are the oldest on Earth. Mixed in among the bristlecone pines are limber pines, easily identified by their light-colored trunks.

The gnarled and surreal shapes of the trees of the Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest stand out starkly on a slope in the White Mountains in the Eastern Sierra. Some living trees are estimated to be ...

Gnarled, dead bristlecone pine trees are seen standing with young limber pines growing around them in the White Mountains in east of Bishop, Calif., in 2013.

Those in the White Mountains are the Great Basin bristlecone pine, which also grows in Nevada and Utah. The Rocky Mountain bristlecone pine is in Colorado, New Mexico and Arizona. The Sierra ...

Ten thousand feet up in the White Mountains of central California, in a harsh alpine desert where little else survives, groves of gnarled, majestic Great Basin bristlecone pines endure, some for ...

I had come to the White Mountains of eastern California, specifically the Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest, to seek counsel with some of the oldest living beings on the planet.

The West's ancient and resilient bristlecone pines have appeared immune to bark beetle infestations devastating conifer forests. That changed when bristlecones began dying in Utah's Wah Wah Mountains.

High in the arid White Mountains of eastern California stand the gnarled, twisted trunks of ancient bristlecone pines. These slow-growing trees quietly weather the ages; at more than 4,000 years ...

After spending some time recently in the Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest, I can attest that it’s hard to argue with that. The area’s winds, often clocking 100 mph or more, play a major role in ...