California’s giant redwood trees are some of the tallest and most impressive trees on the planet. Standing beneath them can feel like looking up at massive wooden skyscrapers. Even more incredible, in ...

Time to take a little detour from wine country.

Towering redwoods, rugged Pacific coastline, and fern-filled canyons make this Northern California parkland one of America’s ...

California's peerless coast redwood trees (officially known as Sequoia sempervirens) reach heights that almost defy belief — until you're lucky enough to see them in person. As the tallest trees on ...

For a kid from slushy Southern Ontario, sunny California seemed like the promised land, and when I finally arrived there in 1985, it didn’t disappoint. Palm trees lined the highways, the blue Pacific ...

Roughly 95% of California’s old-growth redwood forests have been logged at least once, leaving mostly young trees and making the overall ecosystem less diverse. Fern mats — spongy masses of ...