The saguaro cactus is the iconic plant of the Arizona borderlands, and in June and early July, its fruit ripens.

TUCSON, Ariz. — Cousins Tanisha Tucker Lohse and Maria Francisco set off from their desert camp around dawn on most early ...

That’s why, more than 140 years ago, some of the first mango trees in America were established in Bradenton. In the early ...

Within three months, a shipment of small branches arrived in California. The branches carried not only cottony cushion scale, ...

In a study published in Taiwania, researchers from Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG) of the Chinese Academy of ...

New research has found that Swahili societies in Zanzibar landscaped baobab trees into their settlements 1,000 years ago, and ...

Phoenix reclinata Senegal Date Palm is stunning in the landscape.  Its multiple trunks spread outward gracefully, creating ...

Craving tropical flavor? Say aloha to pineapple-packed recipes that bring sunshine to every meal—from smoothies to steak!

The Naples Botanical Garden’s annual Tasting the Tropics fruit festival is from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m., Saturday, June 28, and ...

Kiawe – (often times pronounced as Keawe) – Is a species of mesquite tree. It is a thorny tree, native to Colombia, Ecuador ...