A gloved gardener holds a red palm weevil and its cocoon found during the bucking of a tree in a private garden in Montevideo, Uruguay, Thursday, July 10, 2025, as thousands of palm trees in the ...

Palm trees adorn Parque Rodo in Montevideo, Uruguay, Tuesday, July 8, 2025, as thousands of palm trees in the South American country have been devoured by the red palm weevil since its unexplained ...

Palm trees stand on Buceo beach in Montevideo, Uruguay, Thursday, June 19, 2025, as authorities continue to battle the red palm weevil, an insect imported from Southeast Asia that devours palm trees.

In the southeast corner of Uruguay, home to Punta del Este, a beachy, palm-fringed haven for jet-set elites from all over the ...

Across the small South American country, palm trees are falling prey to a fierce enemy measuring just 5 centimetres (2 inches) in length: The red palm weevil. First the elegant fronds droop.