Daniel asks: I just moved here after travelling in Southeast Asia where I tasted a lot of durian fruit and loved it. Can I grow durian in Hawaii and, if so, how? ADVERTISING Daniel asks: I just moved ...

McDonald’s has introduced a new durian crunch McFlurry flavor to its dessert kiosk menus in Singapore. But for anyone who’s actually smelled the spiky fruit, you may be scratching your head and asking ...

A new study employing camera traps indicates that flying foxes in Malaysia are important pollinators of commercially valuable durian fruit trees. The researchers set 19 traps in semi-wild durian trees ...

The first two months of the year would ordinarily see Ganjar Budi Setiaji hurrying around Plana village’s durian orchard, here in the hilly Javanese district of Banyumas. But on the last Tuesday of ...

When a durian naturally detaches from its tree, falling to the ground or in a net, the impact creates tiny cracks in the shell, which begins fermentation. The window of greatness for durian, post-fall ...

When tropical gardeners gather to talk shop, the topic of durian fruit frequently comes around. Costa Rica is home to dozens of unusual, exotic fruits, but nothing compares with the durian. This is a ...

Researchers have confirmed the presence of the rare amino acid ethionine in a plant -- or more precisely, in the fruit of the durian tree. Despite its pungent odor, durian is very popular in Southeast ...

What if a single taste of one fruit — in this case, the durian — changed the course of your entire life? That's what happened to Lindsay Gasik and Rob Culclasure, a young couple who visited an Asian ...

There's little else in the food world that brings about as much social turbulence as the durian. This so-called "king of all fruits" is considered a delicacy across its native Southeast Asia, where ...