See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Archaeologists have shed light on the origins of chocolate by tracing ...

The cacao tree (Theobroma cacao), whose beans (cocoa) are used to make products including chocolate, liquor and cocoa butter, may have spread from the Amazon basin to the other regions of South and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Only 10%-20% of cacao flowers are pollinated. carlosgaw/E+ via Getty Images It’s almost impossible to imagine a world without ...

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—although ...

Off in the woods beyond the ekki trees, a sharp crack cuts through the buzzing of insects. “It’s a tree falling,” says George ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Your favorite chocolate treat might be at risk in the future thanks to ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Determined to get some answers, I consulted a few chocolate experts while attending Grenada’s fun-filled Chocolate Festival—an ...