Every other Friday, the Outside/In team answers one listener question about the natural world. This week's question comes from Karen in Raleigh, North Carolina, who recently attended a dinner party ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Potatoes and onions are a produce power couple. These versatile veggies are staple foods for billions of people around the globe, ...

Consider the potato. The typical potato is not all that pretty. They can be beige and lumpy, dusty and speckled, and on top of that, they even sprout alien-like tentacles. Further, no one really knows ...

Which potato storage bin is best? The average person in the U.S. consumes an estimated 120 pounds of potatoes a year. Whether baked, fried, boiled or mashed, potatoes are a big part of breakfast, ...

If you've ever marveled at the impressively long shelf life of potatoes, you're not alone. Potatoes are storage champions—they can last for weeks or even months under the right conditions. But what ...

If you want your potatoes to last even longer than they do already, so you can save some money, place them in one area of ...