Some of these may have been caused by the compressing weight of the bog moss above him — or the blades of that milling device ...

Americans consume over 400 million pounds of cranberries annually—20% of which occurs just on the week of Thanksgiving. But ...

Meanwhile as the bog is harvested, native plant and animal species are destroyed, often never to return again. The sale of peat moss in England is being banned for use by amateur gardeners by the ...

Plant scientists at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center and the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology have been ...

That's how Micheal Boyle's story went. Boyle was conducting work on his farm in County Donegal, when he found what turned out to be an ancient slab of bog butter. In ancient times, dairy or animal ...

In association with Moors for the Future Partnership, BMC volunteers will be planting sphagnum moss in the Goyt Valley area of the Peak District, close to Buxton.

It's surrounded by Western hemlock and cedars. But the heart of the bog is treeless because decomposing moss and rainwater create an acidic soil that's tough on trees. It's an unusual combination ...

Finally, we stopped to rest at the Cabo Blanco Absolute Natural Reserve’s only building. I was hoping to replenish my water ...

Picture Bruce Rollinson “The land leant itself to peatland restoration in terms of improving the Sphagnum which is the moss, the cover of bog masses and of blanket bog. There were areas that ...

Have you ever tried making your own bog butter? Bog butter in Ireland is a tradition that dates back many centuries but could be just as useful today as it was back then. Researchers believe that ...

Deeply tethered to Ireland's Gaelic past, the 'forgotten' county of Donegal is richly endowed with the island's traditional ...