A trip to tropical and subtropical -regions of Peru was very enlightening in some unexpected ways. By visiting these places, ...

Quick — can you name the official native fruit tree of Ohio? If you thought of Johnny Appleseed and said the “apple” you’re wrong, If you thought Buckeye, wrong again. That’s Ohio’s “official tree” ...

Pawpaws are so complex, their common names show their range as a native, yet surprisingly tropical, fruit. As summer fades into fall, it’s prime time for pawpaws in Lancaster County and beyond. Eric ...

"There's nothing quite like the pawpaw," said Rob Brannan, a food science professor at Ohio University's Department of Food and Nutrition Sciences. "It's the only temperate member of a tropical fruit ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — This weekend likely marks the close of Staten Island’s brief but beloved pawpaw season—a fleeting time when this indigenous North American fruit ripens and drops from trees ...