Spring is in full swing, which means a Maine delicacy is in season: fiddleheads. They’re edible ostrich ferns that haven’t unfurled yet. While they can be bought at the grocery store, they can also be ...

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 ...

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.

If you explore the produce section of your local grocery store in mid-May to early June, you might encounter a strange seasonal vegetable. Intensely green, these spirals resemble the top of a violin; ...

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 ...

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 ...

People venturing out onto Anchorage trails may have noticed tightly wound green coils emerging out of last year’s dead leaves. Some people are collecting them, and others are posting their findings on ...