Madagascar's forests are shrinking, and that's bad news for palm trees on the majestic island. The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) announced this week that extinction ...

The legendary palm trees of Madagascar are on the brink of extinction due to aggressive land clearing for agriculture and logging on the island nation. H. Beentje/RBG Kew The legendary palm trees of ...

Hyderabad — Eighty three percent of Madagascar's palms are threatened with extinction, putting the livelihoods of local people at risk – according to the latest update of The IUCN Red List of ...

This high diversity is because the island – and its palms – had a long period of isolation following the break up of the ancient super continent of Gondwana. The humid northeastern forests of ...

A gigantic palm that flowers itself to death and exists as part of an entirely unique genus has been discovered in Madagascar; its name will be published in the Botanical Journal of the Linnean ...

Botanists have announced the identification of an enormous new species of palm whose bizarre life cycle requires the plant to kill itself after flowering. The gigantic, pyramid-shaped plant was ...

Johannesburg — Eighty-three percent of Madagascar's palm species - which are a vital source of both food and building materials - are threatened by extinction, according to the International Union for ...

As we walk into the UNEP COP 11 conference which is in progress in Hyderabad, we pass lines of beautiful palms decorating the garden up in front. We have 88 palm species in India and according to Jane ...