Over time, farmers have bred domesticated almond trees to produce mostly sweet seeds. But wild almonds helped us out — and now we know just how they went from deadly to delicious. A study ...

The sweet, edible almonds we enjoy today are a far cry from their bitter wild ancestors thanks to a point mutation in the genes, according to a new study published in the journal Science which ...

The kernels of wild almond varieties—and also the pits of peaches, cherries and other stone fruits—have chemical compounds that contain cyanide. Almond breeders have long endeavored to ...

So unusual, that he decided to go back at a later date to inspect it more carefully — and he found out that it was actually a near-extinct wild almond shrub. “I got there before Shabbat with my dad, ...

Native to the Mediterranean where almond trees grew wild, almonds were later cultivated by local people as long ago as 3000 BC, according to Harvard's T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

Over time, farmers have bred domesticated almond trees to produce mostly sweet seeds. But wild almonds helped us out — and now we know just how they went from deadly to delicious. A study ...

St. Basil's Hexaemeron, a Christian text from around the fourth century, contains a curious botanical instruction: Pierce an almond tree in the trunk near its roots, stick a "fat plug of pine ...