Ethnobiology

Tucson Time Capsule: New meaning to 'taste test' in '83 (Arizona Daily Star)

12 May 2008

OK, so the rattlesnake tasted like chicken and the chocolate- covered crickets were crunchy, but when it came to eating live earthworms, no description was required. Several willing students gave that delicacy a try.

Anthropologist discusses uses for local plants (NWAnews.com)

20 Apr 2008

Anthropologist Justin Nolan shared his knowledge about how rural plant experts in the Ozark and Ouachita mountains of Arkansas and Oklahoma gather and use local flora for food and medicine. (Northwest Arkansas Times)

Looking to Rural Herbalists for Medicinal Insights and Resource Sustainability (Newswise)

14 Apr 2008

Rural herbalists from Cherokee and European American backgrounds come from different traditions, yet research at the University of Arkansas shows they end up adopting similar patterns of plant use. Their collective knowledge can contribute to ecological and medical science and natural resource sustainability.