The first peach pits were brought to North America by Spanish explorers, but Indigenous communities were the ones responsible for helping the fruit take root. Researchers at Penn State found that ...

A fascinating study highlights the pivotal role Indigenous communities played in the adoption and spread of peaches across ...

It was an electrifying statement—Spanish explorers who were scouring the New World for Native American treasure had heard persistent tales of the fantastic wealth of the so-called Seven Cities ...

That’s where the Tocobaga fled from a Spanish conquistador and explorer in the 1500s. “This was a fishing village of a few hundred people – and this was an army of Conquistadors on their ...