Wild rice is a freshwater grass that has been gaining popularity in recent years—and for good reason. It's often assumed wild rice is a member of the rice family because of its name and shape ...

What benefits one plant may harm another ... Scientists have added a gene to wild rice that makes it produce beta carotene. This changes the colour of the wild rice to a golden colour.

Today, it’s covered with impressively tall and thick beds of wild rice. Larson, a research ecologist with the U.S. Geological Survey, and Alicia Carhart, vegetation specialist for the Wisconsin ...