Monkey Tree: Chile’s oldest national tree, can live 2,000 years |

Monkey Tree: Chile’s oldest national tree, can live 2,000 years |

Some trees stand out simply because of how long they have been standing. The monkey tree, scientifically known as Araucaria, belongs to a very ancient lineage whose ancestors shared the earth with dinosaurs, and the root systems of individual trees surviving today can be traced back to nearly two thousand years ago. Native to the … Read more