It's hard enough to accept that a tree that was a seedling before the Egyptian Pyramids went up is still alive today, as is the case with the Methuselah Tree, a bristlecone pine more than 46 ...

Like the trees that produce them, bristlecone needles are long-lived; they last up to 30 or 40 years ... The tallest bristlecone pine is but 60 feet tall, and most of its kind are much shorter.

It's a delicate art, and, Tony says, back in the 1960s, one scientist's drill broke off inside the bristlecone pine tree he was sampling. The kit is expensive, and to help him recover the lost ...

Legend has it that two local star-crossed lovers prayed to the heavens for assistance in this area, and from their wishes the trees grew. This ancient bristlecone pine high up in the White ...