Each year, the agarwood tree, a sought-after source of medicines and perfumes that grows in the rainforests of southwest China, needs to solve a problem. The tree’s fruits mature during the hottest ...

To highlight the threat to Agarwood Aquilaria from illegal wildlife trade, TRAFFIC and WWF-India have released a new factsheet. “Agarwood is among the world’s most commercially valuable plant species.

When we think of the world’s most expensive materials, gold and diamonds usually top the list. But hidden deep inside ...

A hornet senses a chemical distress signal from an agarwood tree and zips over, hoping to devour a customary meal of attacking caterpillars. But when it arrives, there are no caterpillars, and it has ...