Palm Sunday is April 13 and palms have long been a symbol of sunny California. There are many different types of palms around ...

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 ...

The large leaves of the aguaje, a tropical palm tree that grows in the peatlands and other seasonal wetland areas in tropical ...

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

Medically reviewed by Jonathan Purtell, RDN Dragon fruit, also called pitaya, pitahaya, or strawberry pear, is an oval-shaped tropical fruit. It grows on vining cactus plants of the Hylocereus or ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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Dragon fruits are tropical fruits widely available in pink but can also be found in yellow, red, and white skin. Out of these varieties, yellow dragon fruit is considered to be the sweetest and ...