URBANA, Ill. – The ivory palm tree, also known as tagua, is endemic to the Chocó-Darien region on the Pacific coast of South America. The local population relies on this unique tree for many uses and ...

Tagua nuts were once used to make things that are now made out of plastic, such as buttons. They're an eco-friendly alternative to ivory.

The tagua seed reaches 9cm (3.5 inches) in length, and can be carved like ivory Onno Heerma van Voss jokes that he never intended to be a conservationist, but he is helping to save the African ...

Taguá are one of three peccary species living in the Americas and are the only ones found nowhere else but the Gran Chaco. Scientists say that the Chaco is disappearing at an alarming rate – with ...

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Ande Axelrod returned home from a vacation in Ecuador with a grocery bag full of beads. "Let's see what we can do with this," she said, plunking her sack on the table in front of her longtime ...