Polyploidy, or whole-genome duplication (WGD), is a major mechanism of genome evolution across the tree of life and is ...

If you’ve never heard of Texas wild rice, you’re not alone. The plant’s obscurity is a consequence of its rarity. Endemic to Central Texas and listed as federally endangered, Zizania texana ...

Wild rice grows in shallow waterways in the Great Lakes region and parts of Canada. It’s a plant that holds important ecological and cultural significance, but it’s been on the decline since ...

Sulfate from acid rain, sewage treatment plants, mines and bacteria is creating a harmful byproduct affecting wild rice in Minnesota. The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency and University of Minnesota ...

Records show wild rice was common around the turn of the 20th century, but poor water quality caused die-offs in the 1980s.

Wild rice is an annual plant, meaning it completes its entire life cycle in one growing season and then dies. The seeds germinate in spring, then sprout to lie flat on the water like ribbons ...

Three tribes in northern Minnesota report a late start in this year’s wild rice harvest with varying results. For Bois Forte Band of Chippewa and Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa heavy ...

A wild rice plant is pictured Sept. 17 on the Upper Mississippi River near Goose Island County Park in the town of Shelby, Wis. In the past several years, ...

Wild rice grows in shallow waterways in the Great Lakes region and parts of Canada. It’s a plant that holds important ecological and cultural significance, but it’s been on the decline since ...

The Boswell permit is the first time the state is applying the wild rice sulfate standard to the power plant. The rule was created in the 1970s but never enforced until the EPA demanded it in 2022.

And some waterfront residents have been known to illegally destroy wild rice plants near their docks intentionally to make room for their boats. One Wisconsin resident was cited for that last year.

A wild rice plant is pictured on the upper Mississippi River near Goose Island County Park in the town of Shelby, Wisconsin on Sept. 17, 2024. Credit: Madeline Heim, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.