Kudzu is part of the Pueraria genus of plants, native to several Asian countries. People have used kudzu root in Eastern medicine for many years. More recently, kudzu root has made its way to Western ...

They don’t call it the vine that ate the South for nothing. Kudzu has a big reputation, but how much do you really know about it? You can't drive a mile in the South without spying a curtain of kudzu, ...

During the spring and summer, kudzu is the backdrop of East Tennessee. The invasive vine can appear picturesque, its greenery adding vibrancy to the landscape. The lush vegetation has even gone viral ...

Kudzu, the invasive vine that ate the south, is chewing its way through Indiana forests, grasslands and lawns.

Kudzu, a Japanese vine originally brought to North Carolina in the late 1800s, is an invasive species that spreads rapidly, taking over resources that other plants need to survive. It can cause ...

Kudzu, a fast-growing and invasive Asian vine introduced in the American South several decades ago, has now blanketed more than 7 million acres of the region, making it sometimes seem more common than ...

Kudzu is probably the South's most famous invasive species, and anybody who's driven around down here probably knows it can grow anywhere, was widely and deliberately planted to fight erosion, and ...

Catie Leary writes and curates visual stories about science, animals, the arts, travel, and the natural world. If you've ever taken a road trip through Georgia or Alabama, you've noticed the expansive ...

An invasive species of plant called “the scourge of the South” has a new strike against it. Recent research shows that the impact of kudzu is more troublesome than had been previously thought. When it ...

As a young naturalist growing up in the Deep South, I feared kudzu. I’d walk an extra mile to avoid patches of it and the writhing knots of snakes that everyone said were breeding within. Though ...

It's been a long, hot summer thus far for the NASCAR brass. Skyrocketing fuel prices are keeping fans away from the track, and as America steams toward a seemingly inevitable future without internal ...