The biggest of northern California’s giant redwood trees grow more than 250 ft. tall, with a circumference greater than 90 ft. at their base. The oldest have seen more than 3,000 years.

The area is open to the public and offers visitors a chance to see giant sequoias and redwoods outside of California. The ...

“Gesundheit,” I said. David Quammen’s new book, Spillover, is about zoonotic diseases. Michael Nichols photographed California’s giant redwoods for the October 2009 issue.

Experience the Avenue of Giants in the Redwood National Park in California. The Redwood Forest Highway will take you through massive redwood trees and are part of the iconic American Road Trip ...

Ask a nature enthusiast in California to name a famous tree, and they might mention Hyperion, the world’s tallest tree, or General Sherman, the massive giant sequoia in Sequoia National Park.