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 ...

An ultra-popular hiking trail in Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park has finally reopened after one of its wooden bridges was destroyed by a winter storm in 2023, California State Parks announced. Pfeiffer ...

The first state park in California was devastated by wildfires but is taking on new life with an added plot of land, covered ...

Cruising along the Northern California coast is magic. The way the roads twist through canyons carved by azure rivers and careen around massive tree trunks, and how the sun breaks through the canopy ...

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 ...