About nine million years ago, a hybridization involving the lineage of another farmers market star gave rise to the ...

From July 13 to 15, 2025, HDry athlete Dani Arnold, together with Alexander Huber and Simon Gietl, completed an extraordinary ...

A chance encounter between a wild tomato and a potato-like plant 9 million years ago is why we have modern-day potatoes, ...

Researchers say they have finally uncovered the mysterious origins of one of our favorite carbs: the humble potato.

Tracing the potato’s deep ancestry, researchers have revealed a surprising origin story: modern potatoes emerged from natural ...

The evolutionary event led to the formation of the tuber, which is the swollen and edible underground root of certain plants, ...

What came first, the potato or the tomato? A new genetics study says the answer is that juicy, fragrant tomatoes were the ...

The starchy vegetable emerged 9 million years ago in the forming Andes mountains — a result of natural interbreeding between an ancient tomato plant and potato-like species that lacked the engorged ...

An international research team has uncovered that natural interbreeding in the wild between tomato plants and potato-like ...

After diving into the poles, it’s time to shift our focus to two of the world’s most iconic mountain ranges,the Andes and the Himalayas. As someone who’s spent much of my life near the towering peaks ...

Over the Andes Mountains in Chile, a new species of storm petrel was discovered flying to its breeding grounds. The bird was ...

Argentine authorities have rescued a 58-year-old Uruguayan man who had been lost in the Andes mountains since May. Raul Gomez Cincunegui was spotted at the Sardina mountain shelter on Sunday, at ...