A powerful winter storm in California has brought down an ancient tree, carved into a living tunnel more than a century ago. The "Pioneer Cabin Tree," a sequoia in Calaveras Big Trees State Park, saw ...

A well-known giant sequoia tree known for the huge tunnel carved through it has toppled during California’s weekend storms. The San Francisco Chronicle reports that the historic Pioneer Cabin in ...

CALAVERAS, CA -- The beloved 'tunnel' or 'drive-thru' tree fell to the ground during a massive storm in the Bay Area that left rivers and creeks flooded, houses damaged and several thousand people ...

Two types of iconic sequoia trees have grown tall and strong in a surprising place: Michigan. One was believed to be extinct less than 100 years ago. The other is the largest living thing on Earth.

The Pioneer Cabin Tree of Calaveras County, a giant sequoia with a car-sized hole in it, was felled by the weekend storm. “The Pioneer Cabin tree has fallen!” said a post on the Calaveras Big Trees ...

California is home to the largest trees on Earth, the giant sequoia. Standing under these massive organisms, you can’t help but be filled with wonder at how something can be so old and so enormous, ...

The mammoth trees of California -- To name is to know -- A grove called Mariposa -- An arboreal mecca -- Yet grander forests -- A wandering Scot -- Free for the taking -- Of tunnel trees and national ...

On a late autumn day, a team of forestry workers spreads out among the burned trunks of giant sequoia trees. The 1,000-year-old trees in the grove are dead but still standing, killed in an extreme ...

The Congress Trail at Sequoia National Park separates hikers from the Sherman Tree crowd and introduces dozens of other giant trees. Matt Johanson Grand as they are, it’s easy to overlook giant ...