Seamus Blackley, a tech executive known best for inventing the Xbox game console, inspects his cacao trees. (Jason Armond / Los Angeles Times) There are technological and biological wonders inside the ...

Scientists have described three new species of plants closely related to the cacao tree, highlighting the importance of dried herbarium collections in uncovering hidden biodiversity. The newly ...

Archaeologists have shed light on the origins of chocolate by tracing the spread of the cacao tree. A new study published in Scientific Reports found that the cacao tree, which grows cocoa beans, ...

It’s almost impossible to imagine a world without chocolate. Yet cacao trees, which are the source of chocolate, are vulnerable. I am a passionate chocolate lover and an entomologist who studies cacao ...

Cacao has long been a sought-after raw material for the worlds food industry. At first glance, it therefore seems surprising that biology knows little about the pollination of the cacao tree – ...

There is a massive problem in West Africa, and the chocolate supply is facing a significant threat as the cacao tree virus is affecting farms and rapidly spreading in the country's regions. As much as ...

Maui Kuʻia Estates has launched a new Cacao Farm Tour and Treehouse Lunch, offering guests a farm-to-bar chocolate experience ...

Seamus Blackley is best known for creating the Xbox game console. Now he has a new mission: to start a Los Angeles chocolate company. The challenge? Cacao trees don’t grow in the Southern California ...

You may think you know all there is about chocolate, but cacao beans are only part of the story. With a rich history, cacao ...