Palm Springs resident Jimmy King likes to say he had three dads — the one who made him, the one who molded him and the one who modeled for him. King's relationship with the latter, Ivory Murrell ...

The ivory cane palm (Pinanga coronata) is a unique palm tree. Rather than growing from a single trunk, this palm is clumping in form, with narrow (1- to 2-inch-wide) suckering stems that rise ...

The documentary "Merchant Ivory" uncovers the cinematic partnership between Ismail Merchant, James Ivory, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala and Richard Robbins. ... Palm Springs Desert Sun.

The ivory palm tree, also known as tagua, is endemic to the Chocó-Darien region on the Pacific coast of South America. The local population relies on this unique tree for many uses and the tagua ...

Ivory Coast’s palm-oil industry protested a French proposal to raise taxation of the food ingredient fourfold, saying the oil crop is the victim of a “powerful disinformation campaign.” ...

Holding up a heavy, brown and spiky seedpod called a mococha, Williams describes how it works: "The tagua palm takes 15 years to mature before beginning to produce its ivory nuts. A palm can grow ...