The arrival of home-grown durians on Chinese shelves in the past two years has sparked a gold rush for tropical agriculture ...

If your soil is more sandy than clay, there's a pretty little fruit tree you may want to plant that produces a tasty harvest ...

tree-like and stemless plants, all commonly known as palms. Those having a tree-like form are called palm trees. Currently, ...

An expert shares the 10 best types of palm trees in your backyard, including their care needs, ideal climate, and planting ...

Keep scrolling for that story and more in this week’s edition: Tropical flair: Learn why and how to add tropical plants to your home garden. Frustrated renters: Find out why tenants are suing one of ...

Technician Cesar Gutierrez climbs a tower to detect and locate lightning strikes in the study area. After detection, drones and on-the-ground teams monitor the strike’s impacts. Getting zapped ...

Fremantle has locked a first-look TV deal with Fruit Tree, the production label run by two-time Oscar winner Emma Stone (Poor Things) and Dave McCary (Saturday Night Live). Fremantle has said that ...

Being struck by lightning is something humans generally try to avoid. But for at least one tropical tree species, this doesn’t hurt—and might even be a good thing. Scientists have long ...

More information: How some tropical trees benefit from being struck by lightning: evidence for Dipteryx oleifera and other large-statured trees, New Phytologist (2025). DOI: 10.1111/nph.70062 ...

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This countdown begins after you plant the young trees in your yard, and doesn't include the year or two of growth they experienced in the nursery. Naturally, you want to shorten the time from planting ...