Scientists have shown for the first time the widespread harm caused in Peru by cutting down the palm tree Mauritia flexuosa in order to harvest its fruit. The scientists examined where and why the ...

MOBILE, Alabama -- I’ve been bicycle foraging again, and have made out extremely well. After a foraging expedition as sweet as this one, it makes me wonder whether I should even bother to garden.

The fruits have ripened and there is a bounty to harvest. I write not of citrus but of palms. Specifically my topic this week concerns fruits of our native desert fan palm, Washingtonia filifera.

Editor’s Note: Call to Earth is a CNN initiative in partnership with Rolex. Laury Cullen is a Rolex Awards Laureate. Small, round, and midnight blue, you’d be forgiven for mistaking the juçara berry ...

Borassus flabellifer is the scientific name and like most scientific names, a bit of a tongue twister for the palmyra palm — a tree that is very much a part of the Indian landscape and its culture.

Côte d'Ivoire recently announced a plan to triple its palm oil production without endangering more indigenous forests, but the plan “may seem unrealistic” due to low yields and diminishing lands, ...

A newly described palm species from Borneo has been discovered with the unusual phenomenon of producing its fruit and flowers below ground. Botanists are now looking to answer questions about how and ...