With about 50 ft already lost, the fire may impact the Doerner Fir's standing in global height rankings, officials say.

The Doerner Fir tree, one of the world’s tallest, caught fire and has sustained damage that could lower its global ranking. The fire has not yet spread to the surrounding coastal Oregon wilderness but ...

In coastal Oregon, the state's tallest fir tree is burning. Douglas-firs (Pseudotsuga menziesii) are Oregon's most common trees, but the tree that's ablaze, known as the Doerner Fir, is special.

A swamp chestnut oak tree in Jennings County has been recognized as the largest of the species in the country by the National ...

The General Sherman sequoia in Kings Canyon National Park is listed as the world’s biggest tree by volume. The world’s tallest is a 381-foot coast redwood tucked into a drainage in California’s North ...

Under a cathedral of leaves, I pitched my hammock inside the world’s tallest living organism - a coast redwood older than many empires. Night fell, howling winds echoed, and I realized nature’s ...