With 4.7 acres of canopy coverage (19,000 square meters) supported by 1,000 individual trunks this banyan is a living wonder ...

This living giant, a banyan tree or Ficus Benghalensis ... Struck by two cyclones, its main trunk succumbed to fungal infection. The solution? Amputate the trunk to save the rest of the organism.

The aerial roots of these seeds dig deep into the ground and eventually become nooses around the trunk of the host tree. The banyan slowly strangled the host to death, leaving only the banyan.

Among those with hope is the Indian banyan tree planted more then 150 years ago on April 24, 1873. The tree was a single trunk and eight feet tall when it was put into the ground to mark the 50th ...

AP Photo/Rick Bowmer There is a silver lining emerging from the destruction left by the devastating Maui wildfires: a historic banyan tree, a landmark in Lahaina with a 150-year history ...

Banyan Tree Park has had the same cement pavers around ... “We’re giving the banyan roots — which are now more like trunks — more space.” The foundation is seeking a contractor to ...

Valle de Guadalupe, Mexico’s trendy wine region in the northern Baja peninsula just 90 minutes from the U.S. border, has long ...

On Sept. 13, a video from Hawaii’s Department of Land and Natural Resources showed the 150-year-old Banyan tree has several new buds. Arborists “indicate these are positive signs for its long ...

Rising above the Pacific Ocean on a verdant bluff in the Punta Diamante neighborhood of Acapulco, Mexico, Banyan Tree Cabo Marqués certainly impresses visitors with its picturesque surroundings.

The crown jewel? Banyan Tree Veya Valle de Guadalupe, a modern 30-villa hilltop retreat that opened last July. With sweeping views of the vineyards below, the hotel has its own private winery ...