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 team of researchers sampling soil beneath a millennia-old conifer in southern Chile found that a single ancient tree can harbor fungal diversity far exceeding the surrounding forest floor. The study ...

CASABLANCA, Chile, Oct 6 (Reuters) - 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...