Their findings reveal that establishing islands of trees within large oil palm monocultures can promote the recovery of native tree diversity through natural regeneration. The results were ...

More than a thousand species of palm tree are at risk of extinction ... According to the research, published in Nature Ecology and Evolution, at least 185 palm species that have a use may be ...

Ann Norton's nine large-scale sculptures in brick and granite are found throughout the palm-tree-dotted grounds, which were designed by noted landscape architect Sir Peter Smithers. Of note is ...

The Mounts Botanical Garden near West Palm Beach is a botanist dream and a tree lover's delight ... area of the garden while also marveling at nature's healing power. A variety of tropical ...

Environmentalists have long worried about the negative impacts of oil palm cultivation, especially on biodiversity when forests are burned and turned into plantations. Now researchers say there is a ...

Plus, palm trees require significantly more fertilizer than a hardwood tree, like an oak or a gumbo ... a Miami-based organization that advocates for nature-based solutions to climate change ...

Palm oil comes from the oil palm tree, which is native to West Africa ... However, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) says replacing palm oil with other oil crops is ...