2005-06-12 04:00:00 PDT Kibbutz Ketura, Israel-- It has five leaves, stands 14 inches high and is nicknamed Methuselah. It looks like an ordinary date palm seedling, but for UCLA- educated botanist ...

Toward the end of its life — which can span between 40 and 80 years — the palm tree sends up a central plume crowded with ...

Researchers in the United Arab Emirates used ancient date palm seeds to sequence the genome of an extinct species and learn about the Roman Empire’s influence in the Middle East, according to the ...

LONDON, Feb 20 (Reuters) - The seeds of the "suicide palm", a newly discovered and extremely rare palm tree, have arrived in Britain for urgent study and conservation, the Royal Botanical Gardens at ...

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

A: What a pretty palm. It is one of the Phoenix species, a date palm and possibly a hybrid. The date palms typically are cold tolerant and often very drought tolerant. Many species are grown ...

More than a thousand species of palm tree are at risk of extinction, according to a study. Scientists used artificial intelligence to assess risks to the entire palm family, from tall trees to ...

Ever wonder why some palm varieties flourish while others suddenly bend at the trunk or topple over completely?