Fly by night: Indigo buntings know something about that phrase. These 5-inch, sparrow-sized birds migrate during the night using star patterns for navigation. They have internal clocks that enable ...

Bhasha Chakrabarti, "To Be So Black And Blue, Dominic As Neela Madhava" (2021) (all images courtesy the artist and M+B) Success! Your account was created and you’re signed in. Please visit My ...

Catherine McKinley traveled through nine West African countries a decade ago to track the history of indigo, the blue dye that was made very valuable by the African slave trade. Host Michel Martin ...

The Blue That Enchanted the World. Indigo is growing again in South Carolina, revived by artisans and farmers with a modern take on a forgotten history.

Though indigo disappeared in the American South after the Revolutionary War, it’s now making a comeback in and around Charleston.Travelers can take artisan-led workshops on how to harvest and ...

Indigo dye may be older — and more American — than previously assumed. In a study published Wednesday in Science Advances, researchers report scraps of indigo-dyed fabric found in Peru that ...