What does Surinam (formerly Dutch Guyana) have to teach us? The smallest independent country in South America with just over half a million inhabitants, per capita income not much more than $10,000, ...

Pitanga fruit is a brightly colored tropical fruit that’s popular in Brazil. Outside of Florida, pitanga fruit may be harder to find in the U.S. Pitanga fruit or surinam cherry is native to Suriname ...

Surinam cherries are pretty, but they should be eaten only after they ripen to a very dark, blackish purple. Kenneth Setzer Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden The phrase “edible landscaping” sounds odd ...

Surinam’s national carrier yesterday made its inaugural flight from Paramaribo to the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), Timehri in transit to Miami, Florida with President Dési Bouterse among ...

Surinam is one of those places you think you know where it is, but can’t quite remember. It’s a quiet country on the north-eastern part of South America, with more affinity with the Caribbean than ...

The gravedigger noticed me looking a bit lost among the weeds and snakes of the old cemetery. He shouted to me. "Bakra, over there." I looked up. "More further," he said, wiping the sweat away from ...

5 things to do in the garden this week: Fruit. Surinam cherry (Eugenia uniflora) is a large South American shrub or small tree that produces a crop this time of year and makes a wonderful hedge. This ...

Reproduction in the Surinam toad is your classic love story. Two toads meet. They fall in love. And next thing you know dozens of little toadlets come bursting out from under their mother’s skin. I’m ...