As Valentine's Day approaches, the craving for chocolate intensifies. But chocolate continues to face a significant challenge: Climate change is threatening cacao production, particularly in West ...

A bean and flowers grow on a cacao tree in a greenhouse in Rishon Lezion ESHKOL COUNCIL, Israel (Reuters) - Farming can develop in mysterious ways. Israeli researchers learned about that when the war ...

Researchers from the University Grenoble Alpes (UGA), France, together with the ESRF, the European Synchrotron located in Grenoble, France, used ESRF’s bright X-rays to unveil how cacao trees protect ...

Climate change is stressing rainforests where the highly sensitive cocoa bean grows, but chocolate lovers need not despair, say companies that are researching other ways to grow cocoa or develop cocoa ...

If you've been wondering why chocolate is so expensive, you're not alone. According to data from the Groundwork Collaborative think tank, the prices of Halloween candy are 10.8% higher in 2025 than ...

(ABC4) – As good as chocolate is, and as popular as it has become in our culture – especially around Valentine’s Day, it’s likely we didn’t celebrate it as much as the Mayas did thousands of years.

Gardeners who love chocolate may want to grow cacao and make their own chocolate. Cacao trees grow well here in Hawaii and with room for a small tree where it can have a shady overstory, it’s worth ...

Researchers used bright X-rays to unveil how cacao trees protect themselves from toxic metal cadmium. Researchers from the University Grenoble Alpes (UGA), France, together with the ESRF, the European ...