First things first, let’s clear up a common misconception: truffles are not mushrooms. They are a fungus, and while they are ...

PITTSBORO, N.C. (WTVD) -- Two North Carolina entrepreneurs are busy packing up goods and mailing them to customers. The Pittsboro-based company is reaping the benefits of having local products seen on ...

Specially trained “truffle dogs” working for Michigan State University and the University of Florida used their noses to help discover two species of truffles. The two new varieties of the expensive ...

Researchers, citizen scientists and their 'truffle dogs' -- have discovered two new species of truffle. Tuber canirevelatum, meaning the 'dog-found' truffle, was named in honor of truffle dogs and ...

Nestled between vineyards in the rolling hills near Creston and Paso Robles, more than 1,500 holly oak trees slowly stretch their thorny leaves and branches into the rural San Luis Obispo County sky.

Massi rushes down the slope, leaps across a slow-running stream and disappears inside a thick bush. Rosie, his young ...

MSU has a satellite uplink/LTN TV studio and Comrex line for radio interviews upon request. EAST LANSING, Mich. – Michigan State University researchers — along with colleagues at the University of ...