When it comes to caring for your indoor rubber plant, avoiding common mistakes is crucial for its health and vitality. But ...

By Sarah Brown In the Igarapé Lourdes Indigenous Territory in the Brazilian Amazon, community members gather to listen to ...

Liberia's Rubber Trees Under Siege. Poverty, Joblessness Propel Criminals. June 2, 2007. By Robyn Dixon. HARBEL, Liberia -- They come in broad daylight, with guns, machetes, knives and buckets of ...

But the hevea rubber tree yielded something quite inedible — a thick, milky liquid we call latex. The Aztecs used it to make a hard, dense ball for playing games.

Deforestation surged in Marajo when global demand for Amazonian rubber plummeted as countries like Malaysia began large-scale rubber tree plantations. Today, however, rubber sustains Rodrigues’s ...

Originally from South America, the rubber tree (Hevea brasiliensis) was introduced to Africa and Asia as a result of European colonialism in the late 1800s.

Car tires, personal protective equipment such as masks and gloves and 40,000 other commercial everyday products rely on rubber. The Pará rubber tree, most commonly referred to as just a rubber ...

Earthfoam is made with 100% natural rubber, is sourced sustainably, and has been layered with breathable wool and soft, quilted cotton. The material is comfortable yet firm and not squishy. It’s ...

The tree planted in my name was an Asala tree, or Casia Pistula. The plant produces cascading clusters of golden yellow flowers. Never in my wildest dreams did I think I'd someday have roots in ...

Revenge, Red Smoke And Rubber Trees: A Vietnam Ghost Story NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Violet Kupersmith about Build Your House Around My Body.It's the story of a woman's disappearance in Vietnam ...