MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay — Palm trees in Uruguay are more than just plants, they are icons, much like olive groves for Greeks or cherry blossoms for the Japanese. The treasured trees lining one of the ...

The red palm weevil, a beetle known for its devastating effect on palm trees, can be stopped in its tracks by clove and thyme oil – offering hope of new control options for growers hit hard by the ...

The Eiffel Tower was not, at its birth, universally admired. The fact that it was supposed to be temporary did not mollify the people who disliked it, chief among them the short-story writer Guy de ...

Palm Sunday is April 13 and palms have long been a symbol of sunny California. There are many different types of palms around California, but there is only one native to the area. Related Articles ...

A rare species of palm tree blooms once in its lifetime in Rio de Janeiro and then dies. Brazil’s Botanical Garden is working ...

If you are sneezing this spring, you are not alone. Every year, plants release billions of pollen grains into the air, specks of male reproductive material that many of us notice only when we get ...

If you've ridden by on Interstate 90 and been even marginally awake, you've seen 'em. It's an enormous display, groves of life-size synthetic palm trees in eye-popping shades. Red, yellow, green, ...

A bird perches on the trunk of a dead palm tress, near Peaje Mendoza, in Florida, Uruguay, Wednesday, July 9, 2025, as thousands of palm trees in the South American country have been devoured by the ...