Gems & Gemology Gems & Gemology, Winter 2013, Vol. 49, No. 4 Update on Gemstone Mining in Luc Yen, Vietnam Pham Van Long, Vincent Pardieu, and Gaston Giuliani ...

The Tree Grower’s Diary website has some good information about the Forest Pansy Redbud variety, which has purple flowers. It grows to a mature height of 20 to 30 feet and a mature spread of 15 ...

Analysis - Baobab trees may be a proxy for measuring long-term use of land by humans. They live long, have economic benefits, and are used as shrines and markers on landscapes. Archaeologists have ...

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

The January wildfires burned jacaranda trees from Pasadena and Altadena to the Pacific Palisades. Some are burned at the base but still blooming. Here's when you can expect them to recover.

Together, the results illustrate how trees can “remember” times of abundance as well as scarcity. The latter, as illustrated by the spruce study, bodes well for trees’ ability to cope with a ...

This video explains a little about growing garlic in the subtropics, purple asparagus, seedless Valencia oranges, and few other things I purchased from my local garden centre. If you like my ...

In East Africa's Tanzania and Uganda, political tensions are rising as they prepare for the next elections. Tanzania goes to the polls in October 2025, while Uganda's presidential and general ...

One of the major players is Aurora Sustainable Lands, a private land management company that oversees 1.7 million acres of forest across the U.S., including Florida’s Apalachicola River Basin.

But in recent years, the island has managed to step back from the brink of ruin. Reforestation efforts began on Pemba in 2008, and since then, more than two million trees have been planted there ...

Cottonwood trees disperse seeds via wind, using white, fluffy tufts. This typically lasts four weeks, from late May to late June. The trees are common in Michigan's Lower Peninsula, growing near ...

The park board urged anyone visiting parks or greenway trails to remain cautious and avoid any trees or limbs on the ground. Additional storm damage can be reported by calling the parks office at ...