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Cultivating stenophylla, untapped by the coffee industry for the last century, could help farmers cope with the effects of climate change, researchers suggest.

A six-year study across the Tanzanian mountain’s slopes hints at how land-use practices will interact with a changing climate to influence ecosystems around the world.

Threats to the plants include climate change and habitat loss.

Scientists engineered human cells to produce a molecule that stimulates insulin secretion in the presence of caffeine.

In one winning paper, scientists describe an insect whose females have evolved a penis-like appendage that penetrates males’ “vaginas.”

Evening consumption of the drug leads human circadian rhythms to lag.

Eight genetic loci could partially explain why some people drink more coffee than others.

What researchers are learning as they sequence, map, and decode species’ genomes

A sampling of some of the most devastating crop pathogens

Evidence presented at AACR suggests that daily coffee consumption may cut a person’s risk of developing a form of liver cancer.

Study finds that coffee plants grown in the vicinity of Mount Kilimanjaro produce more coffee beans of a better quality if they are surrounded by thriving plant and animal communities.

Avian species significantly reduce coffee berry borer beetle infestations in Costa Rica.

Heavy coffee drinkers under 55 are more likely to die sooner, a study shows.

The pollinators are more likely to recall flowers that offer them a caffeine reward.

An insect that plagues coffee plants likely got its bean-digesting gene from a bacterium.

Researchers finally nail down why drinking coffee helps reduce the risk of developing Type 2 diabetes.