In separate laboratory experiments, the researchers also found that the seeds germinated in the type of shady environments favored by the hornets, suggesting that the hornets’ leftovers could survive ...

Intrigued, I read about the tree and found a fascinating and deadly perfume trail. First, the Agar is not a tree but the name given to the heartwood (the inner part of the trunk) of Aquilaria trees, ...

But did you know there is a special and rare type of wood that costs a whopping 100 times more than gold? Yes, we are talking ...

Some estimates say only 2% of wild Aquilaria trees are adequately infected to produce agarwood naturally, meaning the hunt to find natural agarwood is extremely arduous. Truong Thanh Khoan ...

Scientist Zhang Huarong walks through the forest near his Hong Kong research lab, gesturing towards a rotting incense tree stump. It is one of over a dozen trees illegally cut for the valuable ...

The goal: to produce the highly prized agarwood. Agarwood, also known as gaharu in Malaysia, is a fragrant dark resinous wood formed in the heart of the tree trunk that is used in the production ...