There's a different type of season in Indiana that began Sept. 1 and runs through the end of the year. Participants don't have to carry a firearm, muzzleloader or bow and arrow; instead, all that's ...

It’s ginseng hunting season in Virginia. And that means, from now until Dec. 31, you’re allowed to dig roots of a plant that could fetch as much as $700 per pound. But there are rules you need to ...

Emily Cataneo is a journalist and fiction writer whose work has been published in Slate, NPR, the Boston Globe, and Atlas Obscura, among other publications. This story originally featured on Undark.

It’s hunting season right now, but not for the type of quarry you might expect.Members of Vermont's Agency of Agriculture are currently searching for ginseng roots, which the department said could be ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Editor’s note: The fascinating history of American ginseng and the many people involved in its current cultivation, harvest, trade, medicinal use, ...