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

Cacao ceremonies are being performed at yoga studios, meditation centers and sound baths. Here's the story behind this ...

Cacao has a deep cultural significance in Black communities, where there is ancestral wisdom in its history. The journey of ...

Toribio Rodríguez de Mendoza National University researchers conducted a genomic analysis of fine aroma cocoa from northern Peru, uncovering genetic divergence and evolutionary patterns within ...

Cocoa, known as the 'Food of Gods', is revered for its rich flavor and nutritional benefits. Derived from the cacao tree, it offers various health adv ...

Chocolate is a treat that is widely consumed across the globe, and the cacao tree remains one of the most important plants in the world. Not only are the plant’s cocoa beans used to make ...

Rising temperatures, erratic rainfall, and other climate impacts are throttling cocoa production and driving up chocolate prices.

image: Researcher Sophie Müller holding a beating cone for the collection of arthropods on cacao plants. view more Credit: Denise Bertleff The productivity of cacao trees decreases with time ...

“The drought means we are losing 60 percent of our cocoa plants. I have seen a drastic decline in income, as have all the farmers in my farming cooperative,” Essah-Mensah told Grist. Kat ...

Climate change and rising temperatures pose a major threat to cacao production across the globe, with those impacts already felt in major producers such as Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana. A new study ...

Cacao, the plant behind chocolate, is under threat. A disease called black pod rot is attacking cacao pods, damaging crops and putting the global chocolate supply at risk. The disease, caused by ...