The World's Largest Organism Is Slowly Being Eaten

The World's Largest Organism Is Slowly Being Eaten

In the Wasatch Mountains of the western US on the slopes above a spring-fed lake, there dwells a single giant organism that provides an entire ecosystem on which plants and animals have relied for thousands of years.

World’s Largest Organism Faces Extinction—And We Might Not Be Able to Stop It

In the Wasatch Mountains of Utah, a remarkable organism known as Pando stands as the largest living organism on Earth by mass. This colossal stand of genetically identical quaking aspen trees, which stretches over 106 acres, weighs approximately 6,000 metric tons. Despite its impressive size, Pando is facing several threats, including overgrazing by deer and elk, disease, and the effects of climate change. As The Conversation highlights, the fat…