The towering redwoods and sequoias of the West Coast, observed in the famous Sequoia National Park and its variety of wildlife, are among the most awe-inspiring natural wonders in the world.

It was believed to have been extinct for about 5 million years when, in the early 1940s, it was rediscovered in central China ...

This story appears in the December 2012 issue of National ... It’s a giant sequoia, a member of Sequoiadendron giganteum, one of several surviving species of redwoods. The living crown (this ...

A grove of some of the oldest redwoods growing in the UK has been saved. Seven giant sequoia trees in ... I was in Mariposa Grove in Yosemite National Park, stood underneath a 3,000-year-old ...

Today, there are 11 dawn redwoods on the Michigan Big Tree Register, a program of the Michigan Botanical Society. The ...

Los Angeles had 2,443 bad air days during the same period Along with neighboring Kings Canyon and Yosemite, Sequoia National Park helped spur the creation of the National Park System. Visitors travel ...

up Highway 198 to the Giant Forest Museum in Sequoia National Park. During the summertime, there is also a free in-park shuttle that offers rides to popular attractions like Giant Forest ...

Luca and Melua explore Zambia’s Luangwa River, getting up close to hippos and crocodiles. Later, they travel to California’s Giant Sequoia National Monument in the U.S. to discover the towering ...