As a botanist and horticulturist, I couldn’t help but wonder why people thought kudzu was a unique threat when so many other vines grow just as fast in the warm, wet climate of the South.

Known colloquially as "The Vine That Ate the South," Kudzu (Pueraria montana), or Japanese Arrowroot, is a fast-growing vine ...

Kudzu started as a simple solution - and turned into a green invasion. In this video, we explore how this fast-growing vine took over huge parts of the American South, smothering forests, buildings, ...

The invasive Kudzu vine has finally met its match. The problem? It's killer--the kudzu bug--is an invasive species, too. WSJ's Valerie Bauerlein reports from Griffin, Ga. Carney: Canada’s ...

Kudzu, whose scientific name is Pueraria mirfica, is a vine used in Chinese medicine for a variety of health promoting purposes. The root in particular is valued for its medicinal properties ...