Researchers climbed General Sherman, the world's largest tree, for the first time ever in search of bark beetles, which have become more threatening to giant sequoia trees.

Researchers climb General Sherman, the world’s largest tree, in Sequoia National Park, Calif. on Tuesday, May 21, 2024. They inspected the 275-foot tree for evidence of bark beetles, an emerging ...

Researchers climb General Sherman, the world's largest tree, in Sequoia National Park, Calif. on Tuesday, May 21, 2024. They inspected the 275-foot tree for evidence of bark beetles, an emerging ...

Researchers climb General Sherman, the world’s largest tree, in Sequoia National Park, Calif. on Tuesday, May 21, 2024. They inspected the 275-foot tree for evidence of bark beetles, an emerging ...

The climbers descended the towering 2,200-year-old tree with good news on Tuesday. “The General Sherman tree is doing fine right now,” said Anthony Ambrose, executive director of the Ancient ...

SEQUOIA NATIONAL PARK, California (AP) — High in the evergreen canopy of General Sherman, the world’s largest tree, researchers searched for evidence of an emerging threat to giant sequoias ...

High in the evergreen canopy of General Sherman, the world’s largest tree, researchers searched for evidence of an emerging threat to giant sequoias: bark beetles.

SEQUOIA NATIONAL PARK, California (AP) — High in the evergreen canopy of General Sherman, the world’s largest tree, researchers searched for evidence of an emerging threat to giant sequoias ...