Molly Parren was tracking a wood turtle in Vermont when she smelled something surprising, yet familiar. The amphibian scientist for the state’s wildlife agency traced the smell to a rare wild garlic ...

The Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department has rediscovered a plant that hasn't been recorded in the state for more than a hundred years. False mermaid-weed is a small spring ephemeral found along river ...

False mermaid-weed hadn’t been seen in Vermont in over a century, officials said. VFWD/Joshua Morse A plant that hasn’t been seen in Vermont since 1916 was just rediscovered by accident, the state’s ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A delicate annual herb and Vermont native is back from the presumed dead. Botanists with the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department ...

Never in over a century has a botanist in Vermont seen a tiny floodplain herb until now. It's all thanks to the keen eyesight of the state's newest plant scientist, Grace Glynn, who had been on the ...