If you liked this story, share it with other people. Farmers in Béjaïa, on Algeria’s Mediterranean coast, have been affected by drought in recent years, depressing their harvests and discouraging them ...

You've probably heard someone call saffron "red gold," and maybe you wondered if that was just marketing hype. It's not. This tiny spice commands prices that make precious metals look like bargains.

It’s hard work to harvest, but a growing cadre of small farmers and home gardeners are cultivating the spice for profit, or simply pleasure. Bulb-like corms, at top, produce saffron crocuses. Each ...

Saffron, the world’s most precious spice, is emerging from ancient tradition to modern clinical research as a promising natural agent for mood, memory, and metabolic health, though quality and safety ...

One specific spice could function as a natural antidepressant, an expert says. Saffron, found in popular foods and drinks like paella and herbal teas, has shown promise for its ability to boost mood ...

Picture this: roughly about half a football field covered in delicate purple flowers, blooming for just two weeks out of the entire year. Now imagine that each of those flowers contains only three ...

Tara and Chad Philipp had never tasted saffron until they took a camping trip with a family they’d recently met. Around the campfire, their new friends cooked a big pan of paella. The Philipps fell ...