The scientific name of the banyan tree is Ficus benghalensis. Learn the banyan tree botanical name, its family (Moraceae), and its many uses.

The landscape of historic Ali‘i Drive in Kailua-Kona is forever changed as the more than 100-year-old Moreton Bay Fig tree with branches that arched over the roadway was cut down, going from its ...

A lone activist in Amritsar is fighting to save a nearly 200-year-old banyan tree, now slated for felling on a plot within a ...

Nobu Bangkok is on everyone’s hit list for the superlative Peruvian-Japanese menu (black cod and butter lettuce or Wagyu ...

TTD's 2025-2035 plan aims to transform Tirumala forest into a carbon-positive area by enhancing greenery and native ...

Brian Berkman has a blissful, peaceful weekend away in one of the Cape’s most loved hotels, with its mix of the historic and contemporary, inside and outside attractions.

Monsoons had created numerous pools of tea-brown water. In them were marooned fishes, not more than a few inches long and known as Striped Dwarf fish (Mystus vittatus) ...

Growing a potted fig tree is a rewarding process, and can be done year-round with the right conditions. Place the container ...

Independent global hospitality firm Banyan Group marks the opening of its 100th property through its first-ever Rainforest ...

Most of us know our birthstone and maybe even our birth flower, but did you know you also have a birth month tree? Just like ...

The circumstances surrounding the collapse of a large banyan tree that killed two women July 12 on Kilauea Avenue in Hilo are now being investigated by the state Department of the Attorney General.

HILO, Hawai’i (KHON2) — Hawai’i Island police have identified the second female whose remains were recovered in July from the fallen banyan tree in downtown Hilo. The first female was previously ...