The Yemeni island of Socotra was largely unspoiled, its few guests arriving to trade for aromatic frankincense. Now it is ...

Frankincense and myrrh are perhaps best known for their biblical connotations. But this tree sap has been prized across the world for over 6,000 years.

To collect frankincense, harvesters make incisions into the trunks and scrape out the oozing sap, which hardens into frankincense resin. According to DeCarlo, the trees should be cut no more than ...

In the trunk of a tree, a small cut is made, allowing the sap to drain out slowly and dry. Frankincense comes from Boswellia ...

Frankincense is the dried sap of trees in the Boswellia genus. "There are about 50 species of these trees," said Ahmed Ali, an honorary research fellow at the University of Cardiff in the U.K.

The number of trees has been dwindling worldwide, so the Land of Frankincense, a UNESCO World Heritage Site covering about 2,100 acres in Oman, is under protection. Image A tree in Oman from which ...

Known to some as the “king of oils,” frankincense comes from the sap of trees in the Boswellia genus, like the Boswellia sacra tree. These trees are in Middle Eastern countries, such as Oman ...

Also called olibanum, Indian frankincense comes from the dried sap of Boswellia trees that grow in Africa, India, and the Middle East. Today, you can find it in several forms, including essential ...

If you parked your car where tree sap unfortunately got on it, it's important to get it off as soon as possible. Here a few ways to remove it.

Mention frankincense, and it’s hard not to instantaneously think of Christmas. Cited in the story of the birth of Christ in the Bible’s Book of Matthew, it was one of the precious gifts ...

Mention frankincense, and it’s hard not to instantaneously think of Christmas. Cited in the story of the birth of Christ in the Bible’s Book of Matthew, it was one of the precious gifts (alongside ...