A lawsuit against the city over the removal of palm trees in Ocean Beach has been dismissed. Obecians John and Tracy Van de Walker, the couple behind the lawsuit, filed paperwork last weekend to drop ...

Every tree species has its story. Unraveling all 73,000 of them is a significant undertaking for science, in no small part because a considerable proportion of tree biodiversity is tropical, rare, ...

VIRGINIA BEACH — Winter’s harsh cold snaps wreaked havoc on tropical palm trees planted at the Oceanfront, and now their brown withering fronds are flying in the face of the impending tourist season. ...

SAN DIEGO — An Ocean Beach couple dismissed their lawsuit against the City of San Diego last week regarding the removal of palm trees, City Attorney Mara W. Elliott’s office said in a press release.

REFUGIO STATE BEACH, Calif. — A severe storm that pummeled California has taken a toll on some of the state’s most iconic trees. Several majestic palm trees that usually flank the Refugio State Beach ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. A legendary “walking” tree has captivated rainforest ...

The subject of last week’s column was palm trees and that will be the subject for this column as well. I recently learned that someone in Fountain Valley has a collection of 200 palm tree species ...

A couple has dropped a lawsuit that sought to prevent a group of palm trees in Ocean Beach from being removed, which city officials said posed a potential safety hazard to planes flying in and out of ...