The trees’ most important lesson / Is that like the roots, / We need connection.” More questions. Does Jesse have to be from New York? Is the Redwood team convinced that a Broadway audience ...

Semper Virens. Heartwood. A knotty growth of bark, the burls are filled with unspotted bud tissue—should a redwood tree fall, a burl can sprout a new tree. The burls, which fetch thousands of ...

Wandering salamanders control their veritable grip by pumping blood into and draining it from translucent toes, as they glide ...

At San Vicente Redwoods near Boulder Creek, scientists use sonic technology to study fungal decay in fire-damaged trees while ...

But it’s a fire tree too. Thick bark protects it from burning in lightning ... They grow bigger than their biggest compeer, the coast redwood, even with a shorter growing season.