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.

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 ...

So could a herbal supplement called kudzu help us drink less without even noticing? Kudzu, whose scientific name is Pueraria mirfica, is a vine used in Chinese medicine for a variety of health ...