By the end of a long, snowy winter, gardeners dream of digging in the dirt and adding some new and interesting plants to ...

Did you know that your favourite chocolate originates from the cacao plant? This grows wild in Central and South America and cultivating ... proven anti-cancer properties are only found in tropical ...

Located on the watershed of the Río Plátano, the reserve is one of the few remains of a tropical rainforest in Central America and has an abundant and varied plant and wildlife. In its mountainous ...

The new canal and its infrastructure, from roads to pipelines to power plants, will destroy or alter nearly one million acres of rainforest ... and the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute.

These seeds originate from tropical plants and trees in Central ... Most sea beans start their journey in rainforests and coastal regions of Central and South America, Africa and the Caribbean.