The Socratea exorrhiza, or "walking palm," found in South American rainforests, is renowned for its ability to "walk" across ...

Palms are among the most common tree species in the Amazon rainforest, but in some tropical areas they are unusual, or conspicuously absent. Before, variation in numbers of palm trees among ...

Newly-planted palm oil trees are seen growing on the site of a destroyed tropical rainforest in Kuala Cenaku, Riau Province, on Sumatra Island, Indonesia, on November 21, 2007.

Some of the most popular rainforest flowers and plants, include palm trees, ferns, and orchids. The warm, moist conditions of the rainforest also make it an ideal environment for the growth of ...

The quintessential image of a tropical paradise, the palm tree is much more significant than you might think. Here are 10 things you may not know about palms.

Palm trees' slightly above-ground roots anchor them, even in flooded areas The roots of Prestoea montana, a palm tree on the wet slopes of the high mountains in El Yunque rainforest, in 2012 ...

The palm tree that lives beneath the rainforest floor Published: January 24, 2024 12:39pm EST. Chungui Lu, Nottingham Trent University. Author. Chungui Lu ...

According to one study, palm oil cultivation was responsible for almost half the loss of rainforest in Indonesia between 2003 and 2015, and more than two thirds in Malaysia.

Not the tall, swaying, tropical, coconut-bearing palm trees of Southern California or Miami Beach, ... barrel- chested guy who works for a great NGO called Rainforest Alliance, ...

Yet surging cultivation of oil palm trees has come at the expense of vast swathes of tropical rainforest in Southeast Asia.

In the heart of western Borneo’s vibrant jungles, the edible fruits of the underground palm are well-known to the local people who snack on them. But this botanical marvel has remained unnoticed by ...