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 ...

There are around 2,600 species in 181 genera in the palm plant family (Arecaceae). Most palms look like what you think visualize when you think of a palm plant—leaves that are large, compound, and ...

In 1949, a city councilwoman spearheaded a project to plant hundreds of palm trees along Palm Canyon Drive, solidifying the city's identity. While palm trees ultimately gave the city its name, other ...

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 ...

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 ...

Palm trees grace the landscape across Africa, thriving in environments as diverse as deserts and rainforests. Central Africa holds the richest variety, home to 52 species, while west Africa has 38 and ...

A botanist from Colombia has been studying the origins of palms in her country and working with indigenous groups to exchange scientific knowledge. Colombia has the third highest number of palms of ...

Call forth the mourners from far and wide. And remind them to bring their chainsaws. Don’t freak out. This isn’t an alert about any wholesale dying of palms. Not all of them, anyway, and not right ...