I was fully an adult the first time I ever knowingly ate a date. The chewy, wrinkly stone fruits from the date palm tree had ...

NAIROBI, Kenya, Dec 13 - The Kenyan Government has unveiled plans to develop a large-scale date palm industry in arid and semi-arid regions, aiming to Kenya breaking news | Kenya news today | ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. A legendary “walking” tree has captivated rainforest ...

Dec. 2 will see two tree-lightings in Midtown Palm Beach. The event at Memorial Park will be followed by a parade and tree lighting on Worth Avenue. On Dec. 4, Royal Poinciana Plaza will reveal its ...

As sea levels rise and soils grow saltier, even the iconic Sabal palmetto—the official state tree of Florida also known as ...

In Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, a crop of imported palms is flowering for the first and only time after being planted by renowned ...

The rare flowering of Talipot palms remains visible in Rio de Janeiro as several decades-old trees bloom simultaneously for ...

An extraordinary botanical spectacle is drawing crowds in Rio de Janeiro: several talipot palm trees, planted more than six ...

Thanksgiving is over, and we've gone full December holiday mode, my fellow desert dwellers. From tree lightings to holiday parades to a special localized version of "The Nutcracker," there's no ...

There are more than 200 varieties of dates. Medjool is the hardest to grow and therefore one of the most expensive to buy.

New species of the plants are still being discovered, and their parasitic biology is being probed for potential cancer ...

From Estonia to Antarctica, this once-pagan symbol has taken on many strange forms. In December 1848, an illustration showed Queen Victoria, Prince Albert, and their children admiring a Christmas tree ...