The claim: Video shows giant tree stump in Antarctica A Feb. 17 video (direct link, archive link) posted on Threads shows a helicopter flying over an ice shelf and arriving at an area where dark ...

Stage director Peter Sellars recently drove three hours east of San Francisco to see the stump of what was once one of the tallest trees in the world — the Discovery Tree. “The stump is a vision from ...

A couple in Petersburg, Kentucky, built a 9-foot snowman together, only to realize the giant spectacle had attracted vandals. Their work of art could not be destroyed, though, and the vandals ...

The claim: Video shows giant tree stump in Antarctica A Feb. 17 video (direct link, archive link) posted on Threads shows a helicopter flying over an ice shelf and arriving at an area where dark ...

From above, it looks like a giant tree stump, with concentric rings marking its years of age. However, it's not an alien tree stump, but rather an ice-rich impact crater.

VERDICT False. The photo shows a South African research center in Antarctica, built on top of a rocky outcrop, not a giant tree stump; the posts are tied to conspiracy claims.

Suggesting that a collage made by an artist is an unaltered photograph, a post on Facebook showing a tall building inside a giant tree stump has been shared as alleged proof of a “Flat Earth ...

A regrowing effort led by the Archangel Ancient Tree Archive is one of the extraordinary measures being taken to save giant sequoias that were once considered nearly fire-proof.