This story appears in the December 2012 issue of National Geographic magazine. On a gentle slope above a trail junction in Sequoia National Park, about 7,000 feet above sea level in the southern ...

Neighbors and tree advocates circled the trunk, trying to protect it. Condo association members said the tree's removal was ...

On a small island of Papua New Guinea, a “fairly large” creature perched on a tree trunk. Its brown speckled body seemed to blend in — but not well enough. Passing scientists spotted the ...