A tree species once thought to be extinct is thriving in Michigan. The dawn redwood was rediscovered in the 1940s. Since then, dozens – perhaps even hundreds – have been planted throughout Michigan.

) was native to the Northwest before the Glacial Age. Fossil sites in the Columbia River Gorge provide ample evidence of its existence. This ancient tree was rediscovered in the 1940s in China after ...

A time capsule to the dinosaur age, dawn redwoods trees are growing in Michigan. You may think of redwoods as growing only along California's coast, where numerous national and state parks are filled ...

Despite some intense opposition from conservationists and the community, plans to chop down a massive dawn redwood tree in North Arlington are moving ahead. Since April, a developer has been hoping to ...

I met my first dawn redwood 30 years ago, on a walk across the UC Berkeley campus. As I recall, it was just around a corner from Trader Vic Bergeron's bronze saber-toothed cat. The tree was handsome, ...