New research finds that cacao trees evolved over 7.5 million years ago. DNA studies may help improve future chocolate crops.

A new analysis by scientists at research nonprofit Climate Central highlights how climate change has pushed temperatures above the optimal range for cacao trees in Western Africa. This analysis is ...

cacao trees had 20-30% lower yields. That “yield drop is massive from the point of view of a farmer,” says Tonya Lander, first author on the paper and a stipendiary lecturer in biology at the ...

Fifty percent of the chocolate in the world originates from cacao trees in West Africa, notably Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana. According to a new paper in the journal PLoS ONE, between 15 and 50 ...

In conversation with Shams-il Arefin Islam where he talks about his work and sheds light on how the cacao tree acts as an early climate alarm bell Shams-il Arefin Islam is based in the United ...

Gardeners who love chocolate may want to grow cacao and make their own chocolate. Cacao trees grow well here in Hawaii and ...

As you nibble on a chocolate truffle or bite into a chocolate-dipped strawberry on Valentine’s Day, consider the elongated, ribbed pods of the cacao tree, which made that sweet treat possible.

which is produced from the beans of the cacao tree, and is the main ingredient in chocolate. A new report found that “climate change, due primarily to burning oil, coal, and methane gas ...