It takes a whole day to travel from Ecuador’s capital ... of a pristine forest that houses a rather unusual find: walking palm trees. Like the Ents from JRR Tolkien’s epic Lord of the ...

Rainforest guides in Latin American countries like Ecuador have been telling tourists about the amazing walking trees for decades now. The most common version of the story is that the tree slowly ...

This ability may serve the Walking Palm as tropical forests are being cleared in Ecuador and elsewhere. As other less resilient trees are felled, the Walking Palm may step into new ecological niches.

In the heart of Ecuador's Unesco Sumaco Biosphere Reserve, the Socratea exorrhiza palm, known for its unusual movement, appears to "walk" through the forest. The process behind this movement is tied ...

As new roots anchor into the soil, older roots gradually lift and die off, giving the impression that the tree is walking. The walking palm’s ability to relocate is an adaptation to the quietly ...