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Plants in a garden with a dog's leg in the top right corner.

Home

Virginia gardener finally beats clay soil before 110-pound 'pest' starts raiding the spinach

A winding river flows through a dry, hilly landscape under a cloudy sky.

Tech

Colorado River is drying up at its source as alfalfa, golf, and growth strain the Southwest

A heat pump installed outside of a home.

Home

Maryland loses federal help to swap homes with fossil-fuel heating to electric, but state cash can step in

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. gestures emphatically while speaking into a microphone during a formal setting.

Tech

RFK Jr.'s quiet push to end animal testing wins rare bipartisan praise in Washington

A green tomato labeled "Fred the Tomato" surrounded by small millipedes in a garden pot.

Home

Gardener finds millipedes in all 8 raised beds, and Reddit says it's a sign the soil is thriving

A person carrying a cardboard Amazon Prime box.

Business

Retail worker processes 100 Amazon returns a day, and every one ends up in a plastic bag

A person holds a shopping basket filled with groceries in a busy store.

Food

Shopper tries a salvage grocer, gets $100 in food for $25, and rethinks pricey chains

A snake rests on a wooden shelf while a spider crawls on the wall nearby.

Outdoors

Snake catcher called to bedroom for a python, then spots one of his largest huntsman spiders yet

Chicken at a grocery store.

Food

USDA flags 3 foods in 1 day, urging shoppers to check their fridges

A group of cedar waxwings perched on a tree branch against a clear blue sky.

Outdoors

Cedar waxwing birds rarely travel solo, and they'll pass a berry from bill to bill

A smoky sky with a faint red sun peeking through, partially obscured by haze.

Outdoors

Utah sky watcher films wildfire smoke and ash falling in 'very unsettling' scene

A smiling young woman shows a cropped red and white striped shirt, highlighting her DIY sewing project.

Home

Thrift shopper transforms baggy T-shirt into foldover micro shorts