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 ...

Deep in the Amazon rainforest, a tall, slender palm known as Socratea exorrhiza has sparked one of nature’s most intriguing myths. Often described as a “walking tree”, it is said to slowly shift its ...

For a long time, trees were believed to be stationary beings growing and surviving for years in the same place they were planted, unless someone deliberately uproots and shifts them elsewhere. But as ...

The French botanist and biologist Francis Hallé has spent 40 years in pursuit of the strange and beautiful plant specimens of the rainforest. In his Atlas of Poetic Botany, excerpted below, he invites ...