Two of Southern Pines’ most historic hotels are entering a new chapter through a joint venture that pairs their local owners ...

I rode the 2025 Honda CB750 Hornet on the second day of a two-day press event. The first day was spent aboard Big Red’s other ...

Have you ever gone for a walk in the woods, picked up a pinecone, and wondered if it could tell you something about the world ...

In fact, this sighting topped the previous record by 567 meters (1,860 feet) and comes out higher even that those altitude-loving lodgepole and foxtail pines. Behold! The highest tree in California.

Spotted between a lodgepole and foxtail pine is a Jeffrey pine, the first UC Davis Professor Hugh Safford observed while hiking in the High Sierra in September 2024.

This Jeffrey pine is an older specimen, at an estimated 25 years old. It is 5 feet, 3 inches tall and was found near timberline. As is common for taller specimens, it has a dead top. Jeffrey pines are ...

Lodgepole and foxtail pine are commonly found above timberline, but the Jeffrey stood out as “not belonging there.” view more Credit: Hugh Safford, UC Davis ...

Lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta) is the most widespread pine species in North America; ranging from the Yukon to California’s Baja. The Latin part of its scientific name “contorta” refers to ...

Western White Pine . Found mostly in parts of British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, ... but many lodgepole pines tend to be smaller. 13. of 13. Ponderosa Pine . Brett Monroe Garner / Getty Images.

Fifteen of Loveland's tree streets are named for pines, but I eliminated three — Austrian Pine Lane, Ponderosa Drive, Ponderosa Place — for being outside city limits. I spent about one minute ...

Planting dwindled to almost nothing by the 1980s, replaced by other faster-growing and more commercially viable species such as Sitka spruce and lodgepole pine. Today, Scots pine make up just 1.2 ...

A lodgepole pine tree killed by mountain pine beetles glows red in the early morning light in Ryan Park in the Snowy Range in late August. This summer the U.S. Forest Service worked in nearly 60 ...