The crowd gathers several hours before midnight. Children are bundled in light jackets to keep warm against the wind whipping across Havana Bay. Men and women clutch flowers, candles and coins. Each ...

A massive Bombax ceiba tree, estimated to be 60 feet tall and 90 years old, toppled during Hurricane Irma in Coral Gables, covering the entire street. Natalie Viglucci stands on the fallen trunk that ...

Hacienda Recreativa La Ceiba is known for its majestic Ceiba tree in the middle of the field. Here people can enjoy the running track meant for go-karts/four tracks, as well as a mud track. There is ...

VIEQUES, Puerto Rico ― It’s been a year and a half since hurricanes Irma and Maria pummeled this tiny island off Puerto Rico’s eastern coast, and still many homes lay in rubble, electric wires hang ...

Several species of Ceiba (pronounced SAY-ba) from Tropical America are called silk floss trees, and all are deciduous, fall and winter blooming plants that perform well in Central Florida. These ...

A huge, centuries-old ceiba tree on the Puerto Rican island of Vieques has bloomed again for the first time since Hurricanes Maria and Irma struck. Residents see this as a sign of hope. Now we'd like ...

Q: As the co-director of the Dorothy Stang Center for Social Justice and Community Engagement at Notre Dame de Namur University in Belmont, I am attempting to obtain a Ceiba tree to honor the woman ...

Este artículo está disponible en español. This article is available in Spanish. Seeds of the ceiba barrigona, or big-bellied ceiba tree, are not easy to find. The rare giant, known scientifically as ...