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A rocky shoreline with driftwood and grasses, leading to the ocean and distant islands under a clear sky.

Outdoors

Alaska's Pribilof Islands make rare exception to dog ban for trained rat hunters

A black pig standing inside a metal enclosure with dirt and grass on the ground.

Outdoors

Florida police trap 50 feral hogs as neighborhood complaints of torn-up yards surge

A person testing water.

Tech

Guam delayed warning after tests found banned pesticide in well serving 1,200 residents

Two raccoons.

Home

Raccoons invade homes, temples across Japan, chewing wiring and fouling an 80-year-old temple

A tick warning sign.

Tech

Long Island residents call this the worst tick year yet, but experts aren't so sure

A wasp spider.

Tech

Cat owner fears giant, vivid spider is dangerous, learns it's a harmless 'wasp spider'

A raccoon on the edge of a roof.

Home

Philadelphia neighbors say 12 raccoons have become 'new kids on the block' in vacant row home

A raccoon on the outside of a home.

Home

Indiana woman startled awake as 2 raccoons crash through ceiling and land on her

A snake rests along the edge of a partially open wooden door against a white wall.

Home

Pennsylvania couple bought 1830s dream home, then found multiple snake species throughout

Orange citrus infected with huanglongbing or yellow dragon citrus greening hanging from a tree branch.

Tech

EPA clears new disease-fighting tool for Florida citrus trees as harvests remain under strain

A butterfly with red, black, and white patterns resting on green grass.

Home

Spotted lanternfly confirmed in Massachusetts' Swampscott, putting trees and vines at risk

The Bethel Lutheran School entrance.

Tech

Illinois farmer fined $250,000 after pesticide drift targeted children at school fundraiser