One year ago, Congress defunded public media. Now that we're 100% community funded, please become a sustaining member or increase your existing membership today. Just after the snow melts, but long ...

Fiddleheads have experienced a jump in popularity over the last few years, both due to the increased interest in foraging and the new restaurant trend of using wild ingredients. However, fiddleheads ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Credit: Getty Images If you think ferns are only good for decorating office lobbies, you're wrong. They are also the source of one ...

DUMMERSTON — Ferns are unfurling by the millions across Vermont and Lynn Levine wants people to be able to tell them apart. Do you know the difference between a cinnamon fern and an ostrich fern? Or a ...

Few foods look more fetching on the plate than fiddleheads, those vibrant green coils that emerge in moist forests each spring. Aptly named, a fiddlehead is the new growth of a fern, with a curled ...

Dozens of fiddlehead fern species thrive in the cool, shady woods of Minnesota. Studying them as they first pop up and unfurl their tightly spiraled fronds can be intriguing as each species varies in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Fiddlehead ferns are a delicious, short-season spring vegetable. They take a bit of prep but are easy to cook once you know how.