Aaron Moen of Dassel is a retired Cornell University professor who spends his winters in Minnesota and likes it. He began his career as a wildlife ecologist, focusing on the physiology, nutrition and ...

Foraging for mushrooms can be scary, so Food & Wine sent literary Brat Pack legend Tama Janowitz to comb the forest floors of McCall, Idaho, with a mushroom foraging expert. She learned how to forage ...

Once each season, in Fall, Winter, and Spring, I load seven plastic tubs filled with skulls, furs, graduated cylinders, strips of birch bark, and other oddities into the Museum’s minivan for a ...

The MT correspondents have learnt how our ancestors created birch bark products and how this ancient tradition has been revitalised in the present century. Tatiana Lapkova, laureate of President's ...

Once each season, in fall, winter, and spring, I load seven plastic tubs filled with skulls, furs, graduated cylinders, strips of birch bark, and other oddities into the museum’s minivan for a ...

Pine is prevalent in the landscape, birch has a long history of uses for its bark and is known to have high levels of lignin and sap content – you can imagine bending and heating it. The redwood is a ...

Chemist Pavel Krasutsky calls birch bark nature's "white gold." Betulin, a powdery substance in the outer bark of the birch tree, has been shown to help wounds heal faster and cut inflammation. Many ...

This play sets a screen to allow senior center Grayson LaMarche to roll to the basket for a layup ... Escanaba: Trips to face Bark River-Harris at 7:30 p.m. Friday.