Four months after deadly fires ripped through Portuguese forests and villages, Prime Minister Antonio Costa picked up a spade and planted a cork oak tree. The move was aimed at offering hope to ...

The world's leading cork maker has launched a campaign against the increasing use of screw caps and plastic stoppers in wine bottles, which it says is a threat to Portugal's forests of cork oaks.

Standing under the sprawling branches of the largest cork oak tree in the world, it's obvious where The Whistler Tree gets its nickname. Songbirds perch in the canopy of the Portuguese Monumental ...

Except for the cellphone hitched to his belt, 79-year-old Jose Joaquin da Silva Perdigao has been harvesting cork in Portugal's forests in much the same way for more than half a century.

Except for the cell phone hitched to his belt, 79-year-old Jose Joaquin da Silva Perdigao has been harvesting cork in Portugal's forests in much the same way for more than half a century.

A harvester hauls away strips of bark from a Portuguese cork tree. The tree will stand for nine years before it is stripped again—if people are still harvesting cork by then.

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The Portugese cork industry, backed by the Portuguese government, is going all out to market the green qualities of cork over aluminum twist-off caps or plastic stoppers.

Either way, the cork eventually grows back, and a cork oak tree can be stripped more than 15 times over the course of its 200-year life span. [Photo: Courtesy EDP] A millennia-old material ...

The Portuguese forest alone, which holds 32% of the global cork oak forest area, has sequestered 4.8 million tons of carbon dioxide, according to a study on cork sustainability.

This cute cylindrical shelter made from renewable Portuguese cork is the perfect place to spend some quality time outdoors. Designed in collaboration between Ana Correia, Vasco Lopes, Vera Gomes ...

Standing under the sprawling branches of the largest cork oak tree in the world, it's obvious where The Whistler Tree gets its nickname. Songbirds perch in the canopy of the Portuguese Monumental ...