A visit to the ancient bristlecone pine forest in California's White Mountains ... 1997. Click on the images below to take your own tour, complete with details about what you're seeing.

The tallest bristlecone pine is but 60 feet tall, and most of its kind are much shorter. Clearly, bigger is not better in such a brutal environment as that found at high altitude in the White ...

The world's oldest living tree is "Methuselah." The tree's exact age ... Schulman found and named the tree in 1957. This bristlecone pine is named after a biblical figure who legend says lived ...

The Great Basin Bristlecone Pine is another ancient tree, estimated to be 5,071 years old, and has defied odds to remain ...