(THE CONVERSATION) Coast redwoods – enormous, spectacular trees, some reaching nearly 400 feet, the tallest plants on the planet – thrive mostly in a narrow strip of land in the Pacific ...

Some of these life forms rely on the tree; others on occupants in and around the tree. The coast redwood hosts so many ... it falls for as long as two full minutes, only to land perfectly unharmed ...

The National Champion Tree Program will continue to identify and study Champion Trees, such as the coast redwood in Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park, Crescent City, California (shown), from its ...

But they have been disturbed. Years of logging have left less than 5 percent of the old-growth coastal redwood trees standing, most of them in the protected Redwood National and State Parks.

Campbell-Spickler described the coastal redwood Christmas tree as relatively ... Campbell-Spickler downplayed any notion of a full-blown Christmas tree beef between the Sequoia Park Zoo and ...

The Avenue of the Giants is a breathtaking 31-mile scenic drive right through the heart of a Coastal Redwood Forest. The ...

Eleven are listed on the Michigan Big Tree Register. One of the three sequoia species, the dawn redwood is neither as tall nor as girthy as its relatives, the giant sequoia and coast redwood.

Wandering salamanders are known for gliding high through the canopies of coastal redwood forests, but how the small amphibians stick their landing and take-off with ease remains something of a mystery ...