Hyperion

Hyperion Towers above other surrounding Trees 

The tallest thing to ever live on earth is not an brontosaurus or argentinosaurus, but a living tree in Northern California called Hyperion. Hyperion is a coast redwood and at 379.3 ft tall makes it the tallest tree and living thing on earth. Hyperion was discovered on August 25, 2006, by Chris Atkins and Michael Taylor in a remote spot of Redwood National and State Parks and its exact locations is secret because of the fear that the humans visiting would harm or damage the ecosystem. Although the tallest tree it is not the largest by volume because that record belongs to a tree called General Sherman located in California's Sequoia National Park.  It’s believed to be about 700–800 years old.