‘Happy Snacking, Don’t Die!’ is a joyous guide to eating wild plants

The joy that author Alexis Nikole Nelson injects into this cookbook makes foraging approachable.

‘In Botanical Time’ explores the ways Earth’s oldest plants cheat death

In Botanical TimeChristopher WoodsChelsea Green, $40.00 On a talus-strewn slope in eastern California’s mountains, a gnarled tree twists toward the sky. It is Methuselah, a Great Basin bristlecone pine (Pinus…

A new book explores the evolutionary romance between plants and animals

When the Earth Was GreenRiley BlackSt. Martin’s Press, $29 Imagine being a paleontologist exploring Utah’s Jurassic-aged rocks. Imagine discovering the bones of a 20-meter-long, 20-ton herbivorous dinosaur. Then consider: How…

‘Most Delicious Poison’ explores how toxins rule our world

Aaron Tremper is the editorial assistant for Science News Explores. He has a B.A. in English (with minors in creative writing and film production) from SUNY New Paltz and an…