BLOOMFIELD, Mo. -- Stoddard County Commissioner Greg Mathis says there is an increasing amount of kudzu appearing in the county and that an eradication program should be started before the plant ...

"Desperate times call for desperate measures" is an aphorism dating back to Ancient Greece, and it was exemplified in an Atlanta man's hilarious Axios editorial about his surprisingly effective ...

In this installment of Answer Man a reader ponders the invasive species that "ate the South," wondering why kudzu does not seem to have eaten the national forest. Question: In the letters to the ...

HELENA-WEST HELENA, Ark. — In Helena-West Helena, Arkansas, where kudzu covers almost everything, an army of goats is successfully eating away at the problem. It’s a kudzu feast for this herd of goats ...

Kudzu produces two key ingredients of ozone. It emits from its leaves a volatile organic compound called isoprene into the air. And its roots convert atmospheric nitrogen into ammonium, some of which ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — One of the country’s most notorious invasive plants is expected to become a major pest throughout the Midwest. A study published earlier this year by researchers at Purdue ...

MARYVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — Goats from the Knox Goats Company are helping Carpenters Elementary School in Maryville to combat kudzu while teaching students about creative problem-solving. The animals ...

The hardy, invasive kudzu vine, introduced to this country decades ago to control soil erosion, could have what it takes to curb binge drinking, new research suggests. Subscribe to read this story ...