The olive tree is one of the most iconic symbols of the Mediterranean basin, deeply intertwined with the region's history, ...

I’m harvesting a 300-year-old olive tree in central Italy. It’s a windy October day, and the silver-green leaves shimmer ...

Italy is determined to save Patriarch, a millennial olive tree which the forest fires in Sardinia have devoured, but has mobilized tens of experts to try and recover this rare botanic antiquity.