RESEARCHERS IN COLOMBIA DISCOVER THE HEALING POWER FOR THE STOMACH IN A FRUIT THAT GROWS ABUNDANTLY IN COLD, HIGH-ALTITUDE REGIONS.

Viburnum titus is a common landscaping plant in Europe and the United States, but its blue fruits hadn't been closely studied until now. Photo by Rox Middleton Sometimes, you can find a scientific ...

Slabs of fat help give Viburnum tinus its gleam. By Veronique Greenwood Big, leafy viburnum bushes have lined yards in the United States and Europe for decades — their domes of blossoms have an ...

Sara Moniuszko is a health and lifestyle reporter at CBSNews.com. Previously, she wrote for USA Today, where she was selected to help launch the newspaper's wellness vertical. She now covers breaking ...

Instead of relying solely on pigments, the metallic blue fruits of Viburnum tinus use structural color to reflect blue light, a mechanism rarely seen in plants. Researchers show that the fruits use ...

Despite its playful nickname, the "blue sausage fruit" has nothing to do with meat. Known as Decaisnea fargesii, it is a shrub found in mountain forests and shaded ravines stretching across western ...