Photo by Jeremy Lutes. Her book, "One Cacao Tree: how to make chocolate from fresh cacao pods," walks readers through the process of making tree-to-bar chocolate… but you'll need to live in a tropical ...

An unholy combination of disease, climate change and poor farming practices in Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana, where about 70% of ...

The tropical tree, from whose seeds chocolate and other sweets are produced, has its secrets. Unravelling them is not so easy. Cacao has long been a sought-after raw material for the worlds food ...

The cacao tree faces a number of threats, including climate change, but a study revealing its genetic history and diversity will help scientists address these.

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.

Two Connecticut kids are filling their Christmas lists with supplies for cocoa kits to help raise money for the Pawsafe Animal Rescue.