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The saguaro cactus is the iconic plant of the Arizona borderlands, and in June and early July, its fruit ripens.
The saguaro cactus is the iconic plant of the Arizona borderlands, and in June and early July, its fruit ripens.
For members of the Tohono O’odham Nation, the centuries-old sacred harvest of saguaro fruit from the desert around Tucson is ...
This might not be an underwater road to Atlantis, but understanding more about the iconic “lost city” at the bottom of the Atlantic could tell us more about our planet’s earliest days.
In the late 18th century, Henry Creighton, a Scotsman assigned to an indigo factory in Malda, Bengal, stumbled upon the ruins of the lost city of Gaur. PREMIUM The Firoz Minar in Gaur. (Leah Verghese) ...
The mighty baobab at Egmore is gone The death of the tree was discovered when the Forest Department was taking a count of the heritage trees in Chennai Published - April 05, 2025 09:37 pm IST ...
The city likely has lost many thousands of street trees since the 1980s. But Dayton currently is seeking a firm to complete an urban tree inventory, a tree canopy assessment and an urban forest ...
This tree was hazardous to his small planet since “it bores clear through it with its roots,” and so the little prince found himself pulling up baobab seedlings as part of his morning routine.
Baobabs are also the longest-lived African trees; in 2011, a baobab that died in Zimbabwe at the age of 2,450 made it the oldest of all flowering plants to be documented on the African continent.
Baobabs are also the longest-lived African trees; in 2011, a baobab that died in Zimbabwe at the age of 2,450 made it the oldest of all flowering plants to be documented on the African continent.