Have you ever heard of a walking palm tree? It sounds like something out of a fairytale, but it's actually quite real! The ...

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 walking tree is a symbol of how amazing and adaptable nature can be. Found in the rainforests of Central and South America, the Socratea exorrhiza, also known as the "walking palm," has caught the ...

Our planet Earth holds a lot of mysteries, secrets, and wonders, many of which remain unexplored or incomprehensible to us.

The stories we tell ourselves about the natural world can sometimes stretch far from the truth. For years, visitors to the rainforests of Central and South America have been told of a tree that slowly ...

This article entertains an ongoing debate that I often hear: Are palm trees really trees? Could our state tree, the sable palm, not even be a tree? This has been argued in many different ways with the ...