This story appears in the December 2012 issue of National Geographic magazine. On a gentle slope above a trail junction in Sequoia National Park, about 7,000 feet above sea level in the southern ...

The hashtag "Thick Trunk Tuesday" is trending on social media, but what is the trend about and what are people posting? From the Sycamore Gap tree close to Hadrian’s Wall to The Major Oak in ...

"I saw bears eating salmon under the biggest tree ever. The trunk of the tree was so big that I would need at least eight of my friends to hold their hands to get around it. I'll call it the Bear Tree ...