The Daily Galaxy on MSN14d
Rapa Nui’s Extinct Toromiro Tree Might Not Be Gone Forever
In the heart of Rapa Nui, better known as Easter Island, a species long thought lost is taking root once again. The toromiro tree (Sophora toromiro), once a vital part of the island’s landscape and ...
Smithsonian Magazine on MSN11mon
How Rapa Nui Lost a Tree, Only to Have It Sprout Up Elsewhere
The tree that goes by toromiro has been a fragile expat for more than a half-century. Little Sophora toromiro, is far from ...