A sprinkle of nutmeg powder on baked goodies or mashed potatoes can immediately lift the flavor with its warm and sweet aroma. Even though it is used globally, not much is known about the true origins ...

Wallace’s Giant Bee, dubbed “the flying bulldog”, is the world’s largest bee and one of the most fascinating creatures in the insect kingdom. Discovered more than 160 years ago by British naturalist ...

AMBON, Indonesia -- The rugged, aquamarine-fringed Maluku Islands, once known as the Moluccas or the Spice Islands, are among the least visited of Indonesia's roughly 17,500 islands. Scattered like ...

Indonesia is home to an incredible range of endangered wildlife across its main islands, including Kalimantan, Western New Guinea, Celebes, Java, Moluccas, and Sumatra. Among its most remarkable ...

The Moluccan military who fought for the Dutch in Indonesia had to fight once more for their rights in the Netherlands – but their third generation is forging a fresh sense of identity, according to a ...

5 Killer Plants! This episode of 5 Weird Animal Facts, your host, Jason Miller talks about 5 Weird Animal Killer Plants! Learn about 5 of the weirdest killer plants on the planet. Learn about the ...

Amboina (Agenzia Fides) - "The geographical difficulties of the vast Moluccas, for example, are no longer an obstacle: thanks to technology, distance is no longer a serious problem; we have a bridge ...

In October 2024, French divers Alexis Chappuis and Julien Leblond made an extraordinary discovery in the deep ocean off Indonesia’s Moluccas archipelago. During a highly demanding technical dive, the ...

From ancient luxury to colonial conquest, the clove's journey reveals the power — and peril — of the global spice trade. Editor's Note: Wild Fictions (HarperCollins) — a new collection of essays by ...

ABSTRACT: This article is the result of research that wants to reveal the relationship between the tradition of eating sirih and pinang (menyirih) and its relationship with the formation of social ...

The anatomical museum Vrolik at the Amsterdam UMC teaching hospital is returning 15 skulls taken from the Moluccas in what was then the Dutch Indies in 1912. The chance discovery of a booklet ...