Thousands of trees killed in a wildfire are being cut down and removed from California's Sierra. But what is happening to ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Western Joshua trees in California are increasingly threatened by changing climate conditions, including rising heat, increasing drought, more ...

Backcountry Press has announced the release of “California Trees,” a field guide by botanists and naturalists Matt Ritter and Michael Kauffmann. This book is more than just an identification manual — ...

KCRW reported that UCLA scientists and the Nature Conservancy are using genetic analysis to identify oak trees best equipped ...

A sweeping conservation plan identifies where Joshua trees may survive in a warmer future and plots out how to best protect that land. Proponents say it's the first time the state has taken steps to ...

Redwoods adapted to a cool, foggy climate. Now a new study shows they slow down photosynthesis when their environment warms. A grove of coast redwood trees is a forest of forests. Individual trees can ...

A professor's casual hike in the High Sierra turned into a new elevation record for California's highest tree, the Jeffrey pine, which wasn't formerly known to grow at extreme elevations. UC Davis ...