A study found that redwood trees have two different leaves that serve different functions. The peripheral leaf, left, focuses on photosynthesis while the axial leaf is devoted to absorbing water.

White tea is made from the leaves of the camellia sinensis plant. In fact, all real and caffeinated tea is. But white tea is processed and prepared in unique ways that make it lighter, fresher, and ...

It stands to reason that all palms have palmate leaves, right? Wrong. About half of the 2,100 species have feathery (pinnate) leaves, including the familiar queen and date palms. A palmate leaf, on ...