New research traces the genetic ancestry of the popular root vegetable to a brief plant romance millions of years ago.

About nine million years ago, a hybridization involving the lineage of another farmers market star gave rise to the ...

An international research team has uncovered that natural interbreeding in the wild between tomato plants and potato-like ...

The Truth About What Happened To Jean Claude Van Damme A Spelunker Thought She Found Trash in a Cave. It Was Actually ...

The myth of Triptolemus presents him as a hero of agriculture, reflecting ancient Greece’s role as a cradle of early ...

A new study confirms Phoenix and 27 other U.S. cities are sinking—putting millions of people and buildings at long-term risk.

Now, a new study that examines the world’s total supply of fresh water — accounting for its rivers and rain, ice and aquifers together — warns that Earth’s most essential resource is quickly ...

The mysterious Harappan civilization is considered the third oldest in the ancient East after that of Egypt and Mesopotamia.

Nestled in the southern Mediterranean, off the southeast coast of Tunisia, lies the island of Djerba. With a rich cultural ...

These eight plants changed the course of human history, laying the groundwork for farming and civilization itself. From ...

The Flight 93 National Memorial’s fundraising arm is kicking off a $1 million drive ahead of the 9/11 crash’s 25th ...

An ancient ice core from Mont Blanc has revealed 12,000 years of climate and human history, making it the oldest Alpine ice ...