The abandoned plantation I’m visiting holds more than just crumbling buildings; it carries a dark past. Follow along as I uncover its secrets and explore the haunting history that still lingers today.

Amid spikes in redevelopment across South Carolina, urban explorers and historic preservationists are keeping the stories ...

The owner of the land tied to a former sugar mill wants to develop housing on the site but must make sure hazardous ...

What satellites spotted across tropical landscapes could reshape how we think about reforestation, and offer a surprisingly ...

In this unforgettable adventure, we explored beneath a crumbling 1850s Mississippi plantation house, and unearthed more than we bargained for. From silver coins and Civil War relics to eerie ...

Coconut palms are king throughout the tropics, serving as the foundation for human lives and cultures across the Pacific Ocean for centuries. However, 200 years of planting by colonial interests ...

What’s new: More than half of the tree cover in Pacific atolls is largely composed of “abandoned and overgrown” colonial-era coconut palm plantations, reveal satellite images in a study published in ...

Seabirds like these red-footed boobies do not nest in coconut palms, so the reduction of broadleaf forests would deprive the atoll of the nutrients from their droppings. (Santa Barbara, Calif.) — ...