When Carol Mulcahy couldn’t keep her decades-old palm alive in her yard on Los Altos Road in Pacific Beach she did the next best thing. With the help of a local tiki carver, she turned it into a work ...

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 ...

The Cuban petticoat palm tree (Copernicia macroglossa) is native to Cuba and a really great specimen palm to add to the landscape. The unique feature of the palm is its fan-shaped leaves that have no ...

Plant pathologists at the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) studied nearly 30 palm species to analyze their risk for Thielaviopsis trunk rot. This disease, ...