Mogens EngelundThe Fortingall Yew tree in Perthshire, U.K., could be the oldest living organism in Europe. Crowds of unruly ...

However, botanists were shocked when “three ripe red berries” were spotted on one of the ancient yew’s branches this year, suggesting at least part of the tree had become female. Max Coleman ...

The UK's oldest tree is undergoing a 'sex change'. The Fortingall Yew, which is located in Perthshire, is thought to be between 3,000 and 9,000 years old, and is considered to be one of the oldest ...

The Fortingall Yew standing in a church yard in Perthshire, Scotland is estimated to be 5,000 years old. For as long as people have been recording data on the tree, it was assumed to be male ...

An ancient yew tree, growing in a vale where druids were said to have worshipped before the Roman invasion, has been nominated for the Woodland Trust’s Tree of the Year. The Kingley Vale Great ...

ILLAHEE, Wash. – The reign of a contender for the title of oldest Pacific yew tree in the United States has come to an end. The yew's gnarled, bubbly bark and green limbs – celebrated for ...

ILLAHEE — The reign of a contender for the title of oldest Pacific Yew tree in the United States came to an end this winter at Illahee State Park. The yew's gnarled, bubbly bark and green ...

An ancient yew whose roots grow out of the ruins of Britain’s first Cistercian monastery has been named Tree of the Year. The Waverley Abbey Yew took the prize for its spectacular, gnarled roots ...

A "magnificent" Surrey yew tree, which is thought to be more than 500 years old, has been named the Woodland Trust's Tree of the Year. The tree is growing in the grounds of the ruined Waverley ...

The tree has been calculated to be anywhere from 2,000 to 5,000 years old A Perthshire yew tree, believed to be one of the oldest in Europe, has started changing sex. The Fortingall Yew ...

The yew tree, which is the oldest in the UK and stands tall inside the Fortingall Churchyard in Perthshire, has been left in increasingly bad health because of tourists. Despite now being ...

The oldest tree in Britain has started to change sex, it has been claimed. The 5,000 year old Fortingall Yew, in Perthshire, Scotland, has for hundreds of years been recorded as 'male', meaning ...