Harvesting truffle mushrooms is a skillful art, requiring both experience and precision. Trained animals assist farmers in ...

The Oregon Truffle Festival spent the Valentine’s Day weekend at the Liberty Theatre in Astoria for three days of celebrating ...

Last year, researchers at Michigan State discovered two new truffle species. The truffles — a type of fungi found across the globe and revered as rare culinary delicacies — have since been ...

Truffles, synonymous with luxury fine dining, are the fruiting bodies of fungi belonging to the genus Tuber, which grow underground in a symbiotic relationship with the roots of trees like oak ...

Their mysterious origins and complex lifecycle continue to fascinate scientists and food enthusiasts, and their use in chocolate is just one example of their versatility. The story of truffles begins ...

Many fungi rely on animals to spread and proliferate. These varieties produce drab-looking but tasty fruiting bodies called truffles, which mammals like dogs or boars will find by smell—then dig ...

A wagging tail is the universal sign of a happy dog, especially for a rusty golden retriever named Rye. It's his "tell-tail" signal he's found buried treasure. But this treasure is no pirate's booty.

Aleksander Acovski is excited. That’s putting it mildly, by the way. The founder of Old World Truffles has an infectious, permanent smile plastered on his face, as if he’s just won the lottery and is ...

But any dog can be trained to be a truffle dog, she said. Canines have been trained to find fungi of culinary and economic value, including Oregon black and white truffles that are grated on top ...