One theory purports Santa is a Sámi shaman. The Sámi are the indigenous people of Sápmi (referred to as Lapland by outsiders ), in northern Scandinavia. The story goes like this: Once upon a time, ...

Garden preparation is not always easy, so it can be disheartening when you see as many mushrooms growing in your mulch as plants. You may be left wondering what you did wrong to invite these unwelcome ...

Tom Bowen is a senior editor who loves adventure games and RPGs. He's been playing video games for several decades now and writing about them professionally since 2020. Although he dabbles in news and ...

DETROIT – James van Riemsdyk has missed all of Detroit Red Wings training camp, half of the preseason and a lot of practices, and there’s no telling when he’ll join his new team. His absence (his wife ...

Earlier this week, I was up near Bryant Park with a little bit of time to kill, so I walked over to the famed Kinokuniya book store to check out the stationery section in the basement. I was mostly ...

The conditions are right for lots of mushrooms. As the flowers slow down, the fungi will bloom. The colors are popping in woods where we roam. And we’re adding them in for the season at home. Like The ...

CHICAGO — WGN’s “Plant Daddy” Tim Joyce is back to share some weekend gardening tips, including how to kill weeds growing between rocks in a low-maintenance lawn, what to do with stinkhorn mushrooms ...

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has published two recent mushroom-related recall notices due to potential Listeria illness concerns. Several mushroom products distributed in New York, Michigan, ...

The beauty industry has witnessed countless ingredient trends over the years, but 2025’s most surprising skincare superstar might just be sitting in your kitchen pantry. Mushrooms, those earthy fungi ...

When I first started gardening, I used to think mushrooms meant something was going wrong. I’d be out watering the tomatoes or pulling weeds, and suddenly – poof – a strange little mushroom would ...