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 ...

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 ...

Agarwood is created when incense trees are cut, which causes the plant to produce a dark resin to prevent infection. The ...

Kynam is derived from Agarwood trees, which are mainly found in the forests of Southeast Asia, including China, Japan, India, and parts of the Middle East. In India, the extremely rare Kaynam ...

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 ...