A prayer and a life jacket are just about all there is to rely on when a torpedoed seaman takes the big jump from his sinking ship. Kapok—the silky, white, feather-soft down from the pods of the kapok ...

Two greater spear-nosed bats were found roosting in the trunk of a large Kapok tree, which is also a novel finding, researchers said. Getty Images/iStockphoto Along the banks of the Lacantún River, a ...

Before thousands of dining options dotted the map, the Kapok Tree Inn defined grand-scale Florida dining. Huge Brazilian raid on Rio gang leaves at least 60 people dead and 81 under arrest ...