Jake Chandler has propagated dozens of the trees and is now planting them in his area.

Most trees don’t ask for much attention. They grow slowly and mind their own leafy business. But among Earth’s 73,000 tree species, some are rare and legendary. They stand out not because they’re the ...

SAN DIEGO — Perched on crumbling cliffs along San Diego’s coastline, a fragile forest of rare trees continues to survive in one of the harshest environments in North America. This is Torrey Pines ...

The University of Colorado Boulder has acquired a rare Wollemi pine tree, a tree species that lived alongside dinosaurs and was thought to be extinct until it was rediscovered in Australia in 1994. CU ...

The fig tree is a revered tree among the Kipsigis community. Locals refer to it as Simotwet which means twin or twins. It is so called because it is very rare to find the tree growing as a single ...