The largest living thing on Earth is dying

The largest single living thing in the entire world is dying... and it's not the Great Barrier Reef.

In fact it's the Pando Aspen in Utah. Located in the Fishlake National Forest, it is known as the "trembling giant" - and is actually a collection of 40,000 trees that are all clones.

Scientists even say this 80,000-year-old forest has one connected root system.

In recent years issues like drought, fire suppression, trees being cut down and even invading hungry deer have put the Pando under stress.

Researchers say grazing deer and cattle have actually caused the forest to stop self-reproducing for the last 30 to 40 years. Professor Paul Rogers, an ecologist at Utah State University, told The Independent that the Pando is now collapsing.