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 world's longest sidewalks ...

Spain’s construction boom in the early 1990s brought with it an unexpected and highly destructive visitor. Palm trees were imported on a large scale from overseas to decorate the new avenues and ...

The red palm weevil can devastate the valuable date palm plantations of the Middle East. Yet, date producers are still hesitant to apply new technologies that can control this invasive pest. A recent ...

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 ...

By Liah Continentino Should you prune your palm trees before a hurricane? The answer may surprise you. Palm trees are among ...

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 ...