In the 1950s, botanist Wilhelmina Jashemski identified traces of pollen, spores and plant fossils in the ancient city of ...

Today's avocado industry, a multi-billion-dollar global enterprise, relies primarily on a single variety: the Hass avocado.

Ancient grains are back—and for good reason. Here’s why millet, quinoa, and their nutrient-packed cousins are becoming vegan ...

Learn why the idea of an ancient African drying period is now being challenged and what this means for the story of the first ...

A plant used by the ancient Greeks for medicine, food and even contraception, was one of the most sought-after goods in the ...

Lavender, one of the most popular herbs in the world, has been highly valued and cultivated since ancient Greek times.

On the younger, black-rock islands of the Galápagos archipelago, wild-growing tomatoes are doing something peculiar. They're ...

Her mother taught her to use everything from old wires to tires and antenna dishes to design her gardens.

The event will feature interpretive exhibits highlighting plants that thrived in the region 3-4 million years ago during the ...

The mushroom imagery he identifies on ancient monuments suggests to him that these healing modalities aren’t new innovations but reclaimed wisdom. Breathwork for emotional release: Beyond plant ...

Turns out, one of ancient Egypt’s most treasured healing plants still exists today — and modern science is finally catching up to what the pharaohs knew thousands of years ago. In the ...

Turkish authorities and British archaeologists are battling over ancient plants that are essential to science—and might hold clues to new superfoods Workers outside the village of Geldibuldu in ...