The ASU Tempe campus is a designated arboretum that is meant to be an oasis for plants from around the world, including the date palms that line the sidewalks on campus. ASU is home to the largest ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla – Those beautiful date palms you see around town are not only tasty and beautiful but can withstand some pretty hot temperatures thanks to a protective layer of wax. As the summer ...

Genome analysis reveals that North African date palms are a hybrid between cultivated date palms from the Middle East and a different, wild species of palm that grows on the island of Crete and in ...

For nearly a century, three Canary Island date palm trees have welcomed visitors to La Jolla’s La Valencia Hotel. Until this week. The hotel, at 1132 Prospect St., made the “difficult decision” to ...

Once known as the "country of 30 million palm trees", and home to 600 varieties of the fruit, Iraq's date production has been blighted by decades of conflict and environmental challenges, including ...

Kallie Melkesian with date palms. They grow 115 acres of palm trees. COACHELLA VALLEY, Calif. — Four generations of the Melkesian family have grown palm trees for more than 80 years in California’s ...

The nubmer of date palms in Iraq has rebounded to levels not seen since the 1980s, but they face a growing threat of drought — AHMAD AL-RUBAYE Bare feet pressed against the rough trunk of a palm tree, ...

A man climbs a towering date palm tree, his feet nimbly navigating the trunk, also known as a stem, like a ladder until he reaches the canopy. Amid the palm leaves, he pulls a long, curved blade to ...

In greenhouses and sterile laboratories west of Basra, Iraqi technicians wearing gloves and masks lift tiny date palm shoots from jars, hoping one day to restore orchards laid waste by decades of war, ...