Like the big, sweet onions of Vidalia, Georgia, the tiny dusky lentils from Le Puy in France, and prosciutto from the area around Parma, Italy, there’s something so special about the pistachios grown ...

Hebe “Emerald Gem” caught the eye of Great Plant Pick judges over the course of a three-year hebe evaluation at North Willamette Research and Extension Center, Oregon. It stood out because of its ...

Let's say you own a Ferrari Enzo. Sure, the retired Prancing Horse halo machine has more than enough assets to shine on its own, but how can you make it stand out among others of its kind? Well, for ...

NPR ventures into a Colombian emerald mine — which used to be more dangerous, with potential explosions inside and gunfights outside. The CEO, a... Inside the emerald mines that make Colombia a global ...

As far as hidden gems go, Emerald Cave certainly qualifies. It’s a small grotto carved from the rocky walls of a canyon on the Colorado River in northwestern Arizona that can only be reached by a boat ...

Rocks retrieved from a mine in Muzo, Colombia, show some of what makes the country the biggest producer of high-value emeralds. (Carlos Saavedra for NPR) MUZO, Colombia — Although he has helped ...

MUZO, Colombia — Although he has helped transform Colombia's emerald industry, long a source of violence and environmental damage, former U.S. diplomat Charles Burgess admits that he got into the ...