You know something is a great purchase when it’s functional and aesthetically pleasing. That’s one of the reasons people love artificial plants that double as room dividers. They can help define the ...

CARBONDALE — Two researchers from Southern Illinois University Carbondale are studying the role remnants of a once common bamboo species plays in improving soil and water, supporting wildlife and the ...

Very few people get excited when they talk about giant bamboo, but Russell Smith is one of them. From precision farming techniques to stalks with diameters as big as telephone poles, Smith knows a lot ...

The most commonly mentioned feature of bamboos is that they’re part of the grass family. That’s true, but other stereotypes about the family are often wrong – or at least murky. It isn’t surprising: ...

Tabet, R. B., Oftedal, Olav T., and Allen, M. E. 2004. "Seasonal differences in composition of bamboo fed to giant pandas (Ailuropoda melanoleuca)." Symposia of the ...