In fact, the oldest bristlecone pines live on the most ... is 367 feet tall. The tallest bristlecone pine is but 60 feet tall, and most of its kind are much shorter. Clearly, bigger is not better ...

This ancient bristlecone pine high up in the White Mountains is over 4,000 years old. The pine is found in the Schulman Grove in the Inyo National Forest in California. This massive chestnut tree ...

In 1964, a bristlecone pine called Prometheus was cut down near ... they honored what many cultures now overlook: that nature's oldest lives carry deep wisdom. What makes Methuselah so long ...

But he was only halfway finished. In the end, the pine’s cross section had 4,844 annual rings. At that point, the oldest known organism was several decades younger (a bristlecone pine in California ...

Less than 15 miles from the fire, the Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest contains trees that are more than 4,000 years old. The Patriarch Tree is the world's largest bristlecone pine tree. The oldest ...

1964: A grad student unwittingly kills the oldest-known tree, a bristlecone pine dating back 5,000 years, when he chops it down to free a stuck tool. 1971: Ford unveils the Pinto, an affordable ...

a bristlecone pine more than 46 centuries old. But it's truly baffling to learn under what conditions it has accomplished this extraordinary feat. Just ask Robert Mohlenbrock. A decade or so ago ...