The palm tree has been cultivated by humans for almost 5,000 years. This began in the Middle East with the Date palm (Phoenix dactylifera) but soon expanded to other regions with other palm species.

The thick forests of date palms have withered and thinned ... the aquifer can put it out of reach of even the deepest palm tree roots. “As long as people keep pumping groundwater with solar ...

This is Hawaii, yet there’s not a palm tree in sight and palm trees are ... Pigs rut up the ground, damaging fragile root systems and causing erosion in steep terrain. Vickie Caraway, a botanist ...

A large sinkhole in Jackson, Mississippi, at the intersection of North Denver and Long streets, is big enough to swallow a ...

from its rich cultural roots to its ambitious innovations. Drawing inspiration from the UAE’s cherished date palm tree, the Pavilion’s design reimagines traditional areesh architecture through a ...

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Victor Dover, co-founder of the town planning firm Dover, Kohl & Partners, has spent his career spurring the revival of traditional neighborhoods, walkable streets, preservation of livable communities ...

Karbala, 60 miles southwest of Baghdad, is usually no more than a 90-minute drive through an increasingly green landscape of date palms ... through fields and palm groves.

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.