A bird perches on the trunk of a dead palm tress, near Peaje Mendoza, in Florida, Uruguay, Wednesday, July 9, 2025, as thousands of palm trees in the South American country have been devoured by the ...
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Iconic palm trees under threat by ‘invisible pest’
Uruguay's iconic palm trees, symbols as integral to the nation's identity as olive groves are to Greece or cherry blossoms to Japan, are facing a devastating onslaught. A tiny, 5-centimetre (2-inch) ...
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MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (AP) — Uruguay’s iconic palm trees are under attack by the invasive red palm weevil, a pest from Southeast Asia. First detected in 2022, the insect has already destroyed thousands ...
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