However, this invasive plant has become a threat to many southern states — and if you live in the Sunshine State, you’ve ...

Some are animals, ranging from tiny and aquatic ... Known colloquially as "The Vine That Ate the South," Kudzu (Pueraria montana), or Japanese Arrowroot, is a fast-growing vine native to China, Taiwan ...

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.

Like many other invasive species, kudzu came to the U.S. in the late 19th century to feed farm animals and add beauty to landscapes. The purple flowers look pretty, but the plant grows a foot per day.

but kudzu, introduced from Asia for erosion control in the mid-20th-century South, does, and is considered therefore invasive. After researchers tag or collar an animal, does the device ever lead ...