Wildfires and public health, predicting floods, and substituting beans for beef were top stories in environmental news this week.

The first working internal combustion machine debuted in 1807, powered by lycopodium powder, which is made of explosive plant spores.

Frederick Coville and Elizabeth White, two strangers, domesticated the blueberry together. They valued beauty and worked to support local communities.

Mushrooms may seem like humble life forms, but they are very much wrapped up in the human experience.

Check out this Special Mushroom Issue of Economic Botany to look up some pictures of edible mushrooms in the wild before you go picking.