Mogens EngelundThe Fortingall Yew tree in Perthshire, U.K., could be the oldest living organism in Europe. Crowds of unruly ...

You'd think after thousands of years on earth, the Fortingall Yew wouldn't be up for a major life change. Well, you're wrong. This ancient Scottish tree -- estimated to be 5,000 years old and ...

What is the oldest living organism in Europe? It could be the yew tree that grows in the churchyard at Fortingall. Long ago, the trunk changed shape, losing its centre and one side to become a ...

The Fortingall Yew, reputed to be up to 5,000 years old, has started sprouting berries on one of its upper branches - something only female trees do. Scientists at the Royal Botanic Garden in ...

The yew tree in the Fortingall Churchyard in Perthshire, Scotland, was there long before there was a church, or even the practice of Christianity. The yew is believed to be anywhere from 3,000 to ...

The UK's oldest tree is undergoing a 'sex change'. The Fortingall Yew, which is located in Perthshire, is thought to be between 3,000 and 9,000 years old, and is considered to be one of the oldest ...

Perthshire’s Fortingall Yew, estimated to be around 5,000 years old making it older than Stonehenge, is considered male as it produces pollen, as opposed to female yews which bear red seed ...

A yew tree of that age -- dubbed the "Fortingall Yew" and one of the oldest trees in Europe -- has been identified as male for centuries, but now one of its limbs seems to have undergone a sex change.

The emergency services were called to the property in Fortingall, near Aberfeldy, at about 07:15 on 21 December. A joint investigation has yet to determine the exact cause of the fire, but police ...