Trees are indispensible for life as we know it. They clean our air, shade our streets, anchor our soil, and bring beauty to our landscapes. Beyond their environmental services, trees carry deep ...

If plants were capable of expressing emotions similar to humans, area mesquite trees might literally turn green with envy and become jealous of another area leguminous tree species. This inhabitant of ...

The West African locust looks nothing like what Westerners might consider a vegetable plant to be. It is a tree. A true Jack-and-the-beanstalk kind of crop, it is indeed related to beans, albeit ...

The worst locust swarms in South Africa’s Eastern Cape province in 25 years (occurring in May 2022) is in the past. But the millions of eggs laid by the insects could hatch this September, the ...