Hyperion, certified by Guinness World Records as the world's tallest living tree, is officially off-limits to visitors. California's Redwood National Park issued a statement last week that anyone who ...

When Brian French learned last week that the Doerner Fir was burning, he could think of only two reasons why: Either lightning had struck the enormous conifer in coastal Oregon — or someone had set it ...

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.