There are more than 400,000 species of plants on Earth and at least half are suitable for human consumption—yet you’ll only find a small portion at the grocery store. That’s part of the reason why Sam ...

A mouse scurries up to six chestnuts. Three look healthy. Three have exit holes where moth larvae ate the insides before they ...

Scientists built a robot to help explain how a tropical bat spots insects perched on leaves using echolocation, a highly ...

Winter brings a slate of guided foraging excursions through nearby forests and along the shoreline led by Sausalito resident ...

FARGO — There is food everywhere if you know where to look. Chokecherries grow abundantly in wooded areas, while ditches along township roads can be home to riverbank grapes. Northwest Minnesota and ...

It’s June and the larger-than-your-face, white umbrella-shaped blooms of American elderberry (Sambucus canadensis) burst from the greenery, seemingly out of nowhere. Elderflowers are a seasonal joy, ...

A fifth-generation horticulturalist, Nance Klehm has always been attuned to the great outdoors. “I grew up on 500 acres of rural northwest Illinois. We had an orientation to land, animals and plants ...

People might not think of winter as a fruitful season for foraging wild edibles, but nutritionist and expert forager Debbie Naha says there's actually a lot out there that you can find year-round.

OWN BACKYARD, YOU MIGHT FIND MORE THAN JUST A MISSING BASEBALL OR A CURIOUS CAT. YOU MIGHT FIND YOUR NEXT MEAL. FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE LONGTIME VIEWERS OF CHRONICLE, YOU MAY NOT KNOW IT, BUT YOU DO ...

Bo Brown was one of four recipients of 2025 Living Traditions Fellowships. The award acknowledges decades of work in ...