A paleontologist journeys through Indonesia’s Riau Archipelago in search of our earliest ancestors, and uncovers how ...

Hailing from the oil palm tree, scientifically called Elaeis guineensis, palm oil is the liquid squeezed from the red, fleshy ...

Palm oil is a type of edible vegetable oil derived from the fruit of the oil palm tree (Elaeis guineensis), native to West Africa but now widely grown in tropical regions, particularly in ...

Now researchers say there is a solution that could mitigate the damage. Setting up forests or “tree islands” in large oil palm farms can help restore biodiversity and ecosystems by aiding the natural ...