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 ...

Durian lovers in Singapore and Malaysia can get ready to tuck into their king of fruits with the durian season now underway ...

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 ...

Driving around Raub, a small town in Malaysia, it's impossible to miss the prickly fruit that powers its economy. You can smell it from the steady stream of trucks winding through mountain roads, ...

Following is a transcript of the video. Narrator: Just one 2.5-kilogram durian from Nonthaburi, Thailand, can cost $380. Yet the fruit has a smell that some people find extremely unpleasant. In fact, ...

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 ...

The durian is one of the most interesting fruits in existence. Unfortunately, it is also one of the smelliest. Reprinted by permission of McGill University Office for Science and Society. The durian ...

A summer storm caused extensive damage to durian plantations in Kantharalak district, toppling hundreds of trees and wiping ...

Freising/Germany - Researchers at the Leibniz-Institute for Food Systems Biology at the Technical University of Munich (Leibniz-LSB@TUM) have confirmed the presence of the rare amino acid ethionine in ...