The palm tree arguably has come to be nearly as synonymous with Southern California as the Statue of Liberty is with New York City. The decorative plants, particularly those cultivated from ...

Palm trees are as iconic in L.A.’s landscape as the Hollywood sign. But they really don’t belong here. Most are not native, and some argue that palm trees are not only unnatural, but damaging to ...

Ximena Suarez of San Francisco walks along North Hillcrest Road looking for a spot to take pictures Feb. 23, 2025, in Beverly Hills. The man stood in the middle of the road in decadent Beverly Hills, ...

SYDNEY, NSW - AUGUST 09: A Cane Toad is exhibited at Taronga Zoo August 9, 2005 in Sydney, Australia. The Cane Toad, which is poisonous, is reportedly being blamed for the deaths of a number of ...

The Amenity Authority Committee has agreed to investigate the cost of solving a messy problem at postal stations.

The Eiffel Tower was not, at its birth, universally admired. The fact that it was supposed to be temporary did not mollify the people who disliked it, chief among them the short-story writer Guy de ...

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 man stood in the middle of the road in decadent Beverly Hills, gawking at one of those only-in-L.A. streetscapes. He was looking at a row of palm trees in linear formation, like soldiers awaiting ...