The subject of last week’s column was palm trees and that will be the subject for this column as well. I recently learned that someone in Fountain Valley has a collection of 200 palm tree species ...

This article entertains an ongoing debate that I often hear: Are palm trees really trees? Could our state tree, the sable palm, not even be a tree? This has been argued in many different ways with the ...

In the fall of 1949, the City of Palm Springs dedicated 308 palm trees in an official ceremony. The community had worked diligently to acquire and plant the palms along the drive at the entrance to ...

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 ...

YES, EVEN THROUGH WINTER. HERE’S TED SOMETIMES A LABOR OF LOVE STARTS SMALL AND OUT OF PLACE, BUT GROWS AND GROWS OVER TIME. THE BIGGEST THING THEY SAY IS, IS IT REAL? YOU KNOW, THAT’S WHAT THEY ...