It’s a centuries-old cultural drink that embodies centuries of Mexican history, social issues, and tradition. Agave tells the ...

MURRIETA, Calif. (AP) — Leo Ortega started growing spiky blue agave plants on the arid hillsides around his Southern California home because his wife liked the way they looked. A decade later, his ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- A unique plant in bloom has become something of an attraction in one Raleigh neighborhood. The agave americana plant is known as a century plant because it typically blooms ...

It is the dry heat of Oaxaca that makes the agave plant species thrive here. For hundreds of years, agave was venerated by the natives bringing a tradition of extracting the heart of the plant, the ...

This story originally appeared on Yale Environment 360 and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. At the southeast tip of a large valley in the northern Sierra Madre Oriental is the small Mexican ...

The hills in Oaxaca are dotted with small palenques like this one where mezcal producers use a horse-pulled stone wheel to grind roasted agave plants into pulp. The Mexican government has launched ...

Inside Look is a Fresno Bee series where we take readers behind the scenes at restaurants, new businesses, local landmarks and news stories. Fifty years ago, when Jack Woolf and his family founded ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Mexican long-nosed bats are migrating farther north than ever, expanding into Arizona and New Mexico as drought ...

Cocktail drinkers in the U.S. have fallen more and more in love with a smoky spirit from Mexico called mezcal. From the mezcal margarita to the mezcal mule, it's a favorite in American bars. And ...

Bottoms up! Whether you prefer Don Julio, Clase Azul, or Patron, it is time to celebrate National Tequila Day on July 24! And what better way than to understand how the spirit is made. With deep ties ...