The pong-pong tree isn't just fiction. The poison plant from the season finale of "The White Lotus" is real. Known as the "suicide tree," the plant has seeds that contain cerberin, a potent cardiac ...

The Tamaulipan thorn forest once covered 1 million acres on both sides of the US-Mexico border. Restoring even a fraction of it could help the region cope with the ravages of a warming world.

It’s a thriller because it involves a young man who doesn’t feel emotions and kills people for a living all of a sudden ...

As Andrew F. Smith details in his 1994 book The Tomato in America: Early History, Culture and Cookery, before the fruit made its way to the table in North America, it was classified as a deadly ...

Community members fish along the Hartbeespoort Dam in South Africa, on March 17, 2025, near Hyacinth plants in the water. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe) ...

Cherry blossom season is in full swing in Washington, D.C., with the trees reaching peak bloom on Friday, according to the National Park Service. Originally a gift from Japan to the United States ...

Economists in Mexico fear the large import taxes could plunge the already shaky Mexican economy into a recession. Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said her government would wait until next week ...

Nonetheless, Shaiken said, “What I’ve found on the ground in many plants in Mexico is, in fact, Mexican productivity is comparable or even higher than U.S. productivity, and the quality is ...

Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. Ford Motor Co. Ford has three plants in Mexico. It exported just under 196,000 cars to North America in the first half of 2024 ...

Scientists have a radical new plan for controlling mosquito numbers and fighting malaria: lacing human blood with a drug that's poisonous for the insects, so sucking on this blood marks their last ...

The Supreme Court equates mass tree cutting to murder, stressing urgent action. Explore India's strict laws protecting trees and the penalties for violations. Listen to Story India has strict laws to ...