Tall oak and elm trees create perfect shady spots for afternoon picnics. The swimming pool here is a lifesaver during those scorching Texas summer days when temperatures climb into triple digits.

Photographer Tim Shortt headed to Nicol Park in Port St. John to shoot a launch just after sunrise, coming away with a super shot of a serene scene.

The problem: both cars were trapped beneath the fallen tree. That’s when authorities said Sunrise Fire Rescue’s Special Operations Team, TRT92, stepped in.

Those palmetto bugs (read: giant roaches) can fly. Lizards will find their way into your home, but at least they eat other critters. Florida is home to 1.3 million alligators.

Below, the beach stretches for miles, bordered by a maritime forest where palmetto trees create dappled shadows on sandy paths. The boneyard beach, where erosion has left ghostly tree trunks and ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - The holiday season is returning to the Palmetto State as the beloved South Carolina State Christmas Tree arrived Tuesday morning. This year‘s tree is a 35-foot Norway ...

ISLE OF PALMS, S.C. (WCBD) Almost 300 palmetto trees will be removed from the Isle of Palms for safety from powerlines. Dominion Energy has identified hundreds of trees to be removed across the isl… ...

Tray Hunter, Palmetto Electric’s vice president of marketing and public relations, said at 7 a.m. Friday that the vast majority of outages were tied to fallen trees on transmission lines.

As a general rule, trees that exceed a maximum height of approximately 15 feet are not suitable for planting near overhead lines. Work to remove the trees in the right-of-way will resume in early ...

Also called the cabbage palmetto, sabal palm, inodes palmetto and the Carolina palmetto, the sabal palmetto was designated as the official state tree by Joint Resolution Number 63 on March 17, 1939.

The palmetto tree, or cabbage palm, grows in coastal areas and is the state tree of South Carolina. Learn more about growing and caring for a palmetto tree in your yard.