The town of Alerta, on the Interocenianic Highway, is near the Brazilian border. Most of the people there are either engaged in illegal logging or in the 100-year-old tradition of Brazil nut ...

Beyond their rich flavor and satisfying crunch, Brazil nuts are gaining recognition for their impressive health benefits. Known for their origin in the Amazon rainforest, these nutrient-dense nuts ...

This story comes from the Institute of Culinary Education, which has campuses in New York City and Los Angeles, as well as online programs. Proteins are crucial to the body’s development, ...

The significant decline in genetic diversity in the Amazon Basin, following historical events such as European colonisation, deforestation and the extinction of megafauna such as the sloth – the main ...

Experimental approaches to study seed dispersal of the Brazil nut tree have hitherto relied on exposed seeds deposited on the forest floor. Here we use a new method to study the natural dispersal by ...

Brazil nuts are high in selenium, an essential mineral with antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties. A recent clinical trial suggests that consuming 8 grams of Brazil nuts daily may reduce ...

Researchers have dubbed a newly discovered phenomenon, where microbe-generated gas bubbles create granular fluctuations on the wet sandy floors of waterbodies, the microbial Brazil nut effect. A ...