"It might not look pretty right now." Officials share images of battle with aggressive growth taking over US region: 'Sad to ...

They don’t call it the vine that ate the South for nothing. Kudzu has a big reputation, but how much do you really know about it? You can't drive a mile in the South without spying a curtain of kudzu, ...

Kudzu, a Japanese vine originally brought to North Carolina in the late 1800s, is an invasive species that spreads rapidly, taking over resources that other plants need to survive. It can cause ...

Catie Leary writes and curates visual stories about science, animals, the arts, travel, and the natural world. If you've ever taken a road trip through Georgia or Alabama, you've noticed the expansive ...

Kudzu is probably the South's most famous invasive species, and anybody who's driven around down here probably knows it can grow anywhere, was widely and deliberately planted to fight erosion, and ...

Kudzu is part of the Pueraria genus of plants, native to several Asian countries. People have used kudzu root in Eastern medicine for many years. More recently, kudzu root has made its way to Western ...

GREENVILLE, S.C. (FOX Carolina) - Its roots run rampant throughout the southeast... Its leaves cover trees from head to toe... Its vines climb the walls of buildings, both small and tall... It’s kudzu ...

An invasive species of plant called “the scourge of the South” has a new strike against it. Recent research shows that the impact of kudzu is more troublesome than had been previously thought. When it ...

As a young naturalist growing up in the Deep South, I feared kudzu. I’d walk an extra mile to avoid patches of it and the writhing knots of snakes that everyone said were breeding within. Though ...

Kudzu, a Japanese invasive vine originally brought to North Carolina in the late 1800s to help farmers battle erosion, spreads like wildfire and takes over resources that anything else needs to grow.