An island in the Mediterranean holds a sacred tree with thousands of years of history stored in its branches.

SPATA, Greece (AP) — In an olive grove on the outskirts of Athens, grower Konstantinos Markou pushes aside the shoots of new growth to reveal the stump of a tree — a roughly 150-year-old specimen, he ...

A new study has unraveled the earliest evidence for domestication of a fruit tree, researchers report. The researchers analyzed remnants of charcoal from the Chalcolithic site of Tel Zaf in the Jordan ...

Olives need to grow to full size before harvesting. Tend this Mediterranean staple at home, even in cold temperatures. You can start growing olive trees in pots any time and pruning olive trees in ...

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The slow growth of olive trees forces us to look to the future and consider what kind of world we are leaving our descendants. Pope Benedict XVI plants an olive tree with Israeli President Shimon ...

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FORT LAUDERDALE — The famous black olive trees that line Las Olas look just fine to the untrained eye. But are they? The notion of doing away with the tree-lined median to make way for a ...