To keep its bird population thriving, this Seychelles island had to clear out its palm trees (Credit: Dorit Bar-Zakay/Getty Images) Seychelles' Bird Island was once covered in coconut groves.

Homeowners are transforming their backyards by creating a summer oasis reminiscent of South Florida or the Caribbean.

Most of the images of I've seen of the island are taken aerially or from ... you can still see the palm tree-structure. It is jarring how unnatural it looks. The first time I saw it, I did a ...

Donate now. You can hardly go anywhere in Los Angeles without seeing a palm tree. They line our streets from the boulevards of Beverly Hills to the foothills of the San Gabriels. These ubiquitous ...

Later, the island becomes an icon [i.e., the tiny island with a single palm tree]. Is it true that at one point William Shawn [who edited The New Yorker between 1952 and 1987] banned desert-island ...