Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Here in the dusty Casablanca region of Chilean wine country lies what could be the key natural resource behind a new COVID-19 ...

An ancient cypress in southern Chile could be more than 5,000 years old, making it the world’s most aged tree, new research finds. Known as “Great Grandfather,” the endangered alerce tree lies in a ...

A lush green forest in southern Chile might be home to the world's oldest tree after a new study found that an ancient alerce tree known as "great grandfather" could be more than 5,000 years old. By ...

Michael d’Estries is a co-founder of the green celebrity blog Ecorazzi. He has been writing about culture, science, and sustainability since 2005. His work has appeared on Business Insider, and CNN.

Editor’s Note: Ariel Dorfman is a Chilean American writer whose works include the play, “Death and the Maiden” and the recently published novel, “The Suicide Museum.” He divides his time between Chile ...

Down a dusty farm track in Chilean wine country, behind a wooden gate wrapped in chains, forestry experts are nursing a plantation of saplings whose bark holds the promise of potent vaccines. By ...

The Chilean government’s intention to build a final section of a highway through a national park has caused concern among scientists and environmentalists. In a letter published in the scientific ...

Empires have risen and fallen, languages have been born and forgotten — but this tree stood the test of time: The 5,400-year-old Gran Abuelo, or great grandfather in Spanish. Jonathan Barichivich, a ...

Here in the dusty Casablanca region of Chilean wine country lies what could be the key natural resource behind a new COVID-19 vaccine for low- and middle-income countries: The bark of quillay trees.