Texans sensing spring coming in on the breeze can start planning their drought-tolerant gardens now. A new app by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Foundation (TWPF) gives free tips on planting native ...

The Third Report on the State of the World's Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture warns that extreme weather conditions are posing a threat to traditional crop varieties, including sorghum ...

Africa’s shrinking crop diversity threatens food security as droughts, erratic rainfall, climate change and agricultural resilience challenges intensify.

Yams are wholesome root vegetables packed with essential nutrients, offering a mix of vitamins, minerals and energy-giving ...

If you are anything like I once was, you moved through life feeling pretty sure you were not going to get scammed. You had an eye for the desperation of a fake Craigslist posting. You were attuned to ...

Evolutionarily speaking, the ultimate goal of a lifeform is to reproduce and stave off extinction. Many plants and animals have evolved unique tricks to do so. One of these tricks is mimicry, which ...

Deception and intrigue are not limited to people or even animals. Plants, too, have evolved ways to fool their pollinators, their enemies and even the organisms that disperse their seeds. Now an ...

The Ohio Invasive Plants Council assesses and tracks invasive plants in our state. Their website contains this information. Common privet will join that list on January 1, 2026. Air potato, another ...

Every year around Thanksgiving, my family confronts the yam vs. sweet potato issue. Are they different, and is one better than the other? — Jeff That is a great question and it often comes up when ...

Sweet potatoes and yams are often confused, but they are botanically different plants. True sweet potatoes are native to the Americas, while true yams originate from Africa and Asia. The canned "yams" ...

When heading into the field to bag a buck or snag some salmon, don't forget there's further bounty to be harvested. Forests, grasslands, wetlands, rivers and lakes are brimming with edible wild plants ...

The humble modern-day potato, first domesticated about 10,000 years ago, got its start in the Andes mountains before becoming a key crop the world depends on. But because plants don’t preserve well in ...