He captured a canoe that contained cocoa beans, which were considered “mysterious ... scientist Carl Linnaeus named the cocoa plant Theobroma cacao, from the Latin name Theobroma, ‘food ...

Discover the fascinating journey of chocolate, from its origins in ancient South America to its transformation into the ...

Cacao fruit might be the source of cocoa beans but it can be used for more than dessert-y type foods. From pasta infusions to dying shoes, here's the score.

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

Cocoa beans are the vital ingredient in chocolate. The world’s cocoa – harvested from the Theobroma cacao tree, native to the Amazon rainforest – is now mostly produced in West African countries, ...

Toribio Rodríguez de Mendoza National University researchers conducted a genomic analysis of fine aroma cocoa from northern ...