Root beer and birch beer look similar, but they're very different drinks. We dive deep into soda history and chemistry to ...

While tea was commonly made from the root bark and young leaves, Native Americans often constructed birch bark canoes, buckets, and baskets. Additionally, the bark has been used to make casts for ...

At first glance it might appear to be just another paper birch, but the salmon-pink bark hidden under the peeling ... but they also prevent erosion due to their strong roots. They are used to recover ...