The loneliest trees: can science save these threatened species from extinction?

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Perched among the fronds of the world’s loneliest tree, Viswambharan Sarasan had an important decision to make. Sarasan had worked for years to get access to this palm — the last living member of the species Hyophorbe amaricaulis, which grows in Curepipe Botanic Gardens, Mauritius.

Updates & Corrections

  • Correction 16 September 2022: This News Feature incorrectly stated that surviving specimens of the endangered catkin yew Amentotaxus argotaenia in southern China are male. In fact, the male-only population is specifically in Hong Kong.

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