SMIMOU, Morocco — Argan oil runs through your fingers like liquid gold — hydrating, luscious, and restorative. Prized worldwide as a miracle cosmetic, it’s more than that in Morocco. It’s a lifeline ...

Moroccan women crush the tough Argan tree nuts and extract its inner kernel -- which is used to create the precious golden oil sold across the world Once upon a time, in the heart of Morocco’s arid ...

Following is a transcript of the video. Narrator: Argan oil can cost as much as $300 per liter, making it the world's most expensive edible oil. Just 20 years ago, however, the production of argan oil ...

Explore how tree-climbing goats in southern Morocco aid seed dispersal of argan trees, ensuring their success in arid environments. What do goats and squirrels have in common? They both climb trees, ...

The argan tree (Argania spinosa), a species native to the Kingdom of Morocco, grows in arid and semiarid regions. It is the defining species of a woodland ecosystem known as Arganeraie, which is rich ...

RABAT, Morocco--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Morocco and the United Nations will be marking the first-ever International Argan Tree Day on May 10th, 2021. The Argan tree, a tree specific to the Kingdom of Morocco ...

I knew there would be goats. I was at the tail-end of a brief stay in Morocco, where argan oil—touted for its rich, nutty flavor in cooking and its supposedly Death Becomes Her-caliber rejuvenating ...

In Morocco, goats help disperse the seeds of local argan trees by spitting them out. This way of disseminating seeds might actually be more common than scientists have previously thought, according to ...