Unlike most trees, this plant gets a lot of photosynthesizing done through its bark. According to The Arizona Native Plant Society, only about a third of the palo verde's food is produced by the ...

The palo verde beetle is one of the largest beetles in North America, measuring up to 3.5 inches in length. They are known for their long antennae, spiny legs and a strong, dark exoskeleton.

On a cliff’s edge, overlooking the rippling waters of Lake Pleasant, biologists from the Arizona Game and Fish Department anchored ropes to nearby palo verde trees before carefully lowering ...