Vanilla flavoring is widely used in food, pharmaceuticals, and cosmetics. The primary source, Vanilla planifolia, however, is ...

The quintessential ice cream flavour is under threat, and many other dessert staples along with it, according to climate ...

Wild vanilla species face habitat loss up to 53% under climate change scenarios. Some may expand habitats by 140% but still ...

Many wild Vanilla species are dependent on insects that pollinate them. But what happens if plants and insects are forced into different habitats? Researchers have examined if shifts in species’ ...

Vanilla is so common, some people use it as a dis. But watch out. This beloved bean may become a rarity.

Albius was only 12 when he taught his white botanist enslaver how to pollinate vanilla by hand because the primary pollinator of the plant, the orchid bee in Central America, was not native to ...