Scientists discovered a hidden stand of whitebark pines on Wyoming's Beartooth Plateau, 180 meters above the tree line at ...

Melting Ice Patch in the Rocky Mountains Reveals 5000-Yr-Old Greenery, Scientists Discover Over 30 Well-Preserved Dead Trees ...

An ancient, fossilized forest, which thrived for centuries at high altitude, has been revealed beneath a melting ice patch.

Trees dating back almost 6000 years have come to scientists' attention due to ice melting in the Rocky mountains, offering a ...

During an ancient warm period, the trees had grown at an elevation above 10,000 feet – about 600 feet higher than where the ...

Researchers discovered more than 30 dead whitebark pine trees that were entombed in ice for millennia, representing a bygone ...

Researchers are revealing the secrets of 6,000-year-old pine forests, preserved in ice patches in the Beartooth Mountains.

An ancient fossilized forest in Montana is reemerging 600 feet higher than the present-day tree line after spending the last ...

PORTLAND, Ore.— The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced today that the whitebark pine will be listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act. The pine is the most widespread tree to ...

PORTLAND, Ore.— The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed threatened species protection today for the whitebark pine. The pine occurs at high elevations across seven western states, including Oregon ...

T hawing ice has unveiled remains of a long-lost forest in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, indicating the profound changes ...

Melting ice in Yellowstone has revealed the fossilized remains of Whitebark pine trees that formed a part of a larger ancient ...