The Cairo Fossil Forest is the second oldest in the world. These forests mark a turning point in Earth's history because they ...

The planet's trees have seen plenty of history pass by their trunks. In fact, they began to populate Earth 385 million years ago, toward the end of the Devonian period. Considered living historical ...

Discoveries within these New York forests place them each at more than 380 million years old, making them the oldest known ...

Planet ramblers looking for adventure might consider spending time with these 10 living ambassadors from the past, including a bird with millions of flight miles, a rose that survived an aerial ...

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Pando, also known as "The Trembling Giant", is one of the planet's most incredible organisms. The word Pando means "I spread" in Latin, a fitting name for the massive one-tree aspen forest. This ...

Why it's incredible: The forest preserves some of the oldest trees in the world. The Cairo Fossil Forest is a unique collection of 385 million-year-old trees preserved in an abandoned quarry in ...