Argan trees are crucial to the economy of Morocco, a lower-middle income country. These trees bear fruits whose seeds are pressed to produce argan oil, a valuable commodity that brings $6.5 million in ...

In Morocco, goats help disperse the seeds of local argan trees by spitting them out. This way of disseminating seeds might actually be more common than scientists have previously thought, according to ...

Do trees grow from seeds that goats eat and later expel? That is a question that has long bedeviled ecologists. Let's say it's a small seed. The goat will swallow it, poop it out and a tree could ...

This extraordinary picture shows the animal world's equivalent of a gold rush - the quest for the fruit of the argan tree. Goats are so desperate for the tasty meal that they will even climb tall ...

This tree is visibly strained under the weight of fourteen goats, who all clambered up its branches in search of tasty fruit. These Moroccan goats are definitely no ordinary goats, they use their ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. GrrlScientist writes about evolution, ecology, behavior and health. If you visit southwestern Morocco in summer or autumn, you ...