It was a huge trade centre in the heart of Mesoamerica. The Maya were so successful at farming was because they studied the stars and the weather. This meant they were able to create very detailed ...

Deep in the Guatemalan jungle lies the remains of an ancient city forgotten about for nearly 3,000 years, experts reveal.

For millennia, the Maya people of Guatemala have been practising a unique agricultural system that fuses sustainability, climate resilience and environmental preservation. Based on the ...

Stevenson’s work focuses on mycoremediation, a technique that uses fungi to rehabilitate polluted land. Mycoremediation harnesses fungi’s natural abilities to collect contaminants scattered in soil ...

For hundreds of years, Andean people recorded information by tying knots into long cords. Will we ever be able to read them?

If you caught yourself wondering what was the first invention that changed the trajectory of humans' lives, read on to ...

To achieve the European Green Deal's goal of 25% organic agriculture by 2030, researchers argue that new genomic techniques (NGTs) should be allowed without pre-market authorization in organic as ...

The Aztec, Olmec, and Maya of Mesoamerica are known to have made rubber using natural latex—a milky, sap-like fluid found in some plants. Mesoamerica extends roughly from central Mexico to ...

The United States for International Development (USAID) is working to promote modern agricultural techniques in Sri Lanka in order to expand the country's agricultural industry, the Ministry of ...

Donation Options Search Search Search An ancient Mayan artifact will be returned to Mexico after decades in the hands of private collectors. Representatives from the National Institute of ...

"This is an incredibly productive, resilient, and sustainable system." Farmers use once-forgotten ancient technique to ...