Get all the news you need in your inbox each morning. According to Guinness World Records, the oldest tree species in the world are the bristlecone pines, found in the White Mountains in California.

The Bowthorpe Oak in Lincolnshire, England, is thought to be England's oldest oak tree. Estimated to be over 1,000 years old, the Oak is in the Guinness Book of World Records. Another pair of ...

It's the oldest Christmas tree in the world! The scientist who discovered its age named the plant after his favourite dog. Old Tjikko is over 9,550 years old, but the visible tree is much younger ...

The only certainty is that Currey did have permission to cut down what was discovered to be the oldest tree on record. Now known as Prometheus, the tree was found to be nearly 5,000 years old.