While it may be defined as a single organism, Pando is anything but one—sustaining an entire world under its canopy. Here’s ...

Populus tremuloides, the quaking aspen of the North American continent, stands as one of the most easily recognized, most beautiful and most admired of all tree species. In order to help ...

The vast life form has reproduced over the landscape asexually, and scientists believe it could date back to the last Ice Age ...

Discover Pando, the oldest 80,000-years organism in Utah's Fishlake National Forest, facing environmental challenges but ...

They can look and grow very similarly. Let’s look at all six types of Aspen trees: The quaking aspen is the most widespread aspen in North America. Its bark is smooth and white, and its leaves ...

Pando is an ancient quaking aspen tree (Populus tremuloides) with 47,000 genetically identical stems, or tree trunks, connected to a vast underground root system. Each stem is a clone of the one ...