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A comparison of soil labeled "WITHOUT LIFE" on the left and "LIVING" on the right, showing organic material and textures.

Tech

Video traces Earth's first soil to fungi, and warns what happens when soil life disappears

A man holds a small red tomato in a greenhouse surrounded by other ripening tomatoes on the vine.

Home

No-dig gardener kept single tomato variety alive for 13 years through repeated cloning

A hand holding a pruned branch.

Outdoors

Six years in, Birch Farm says dense tree lines help food forests take off faster

A mountain village in New Guinea.

Outdoors

Wildlife portrait captures a New Guinea parrot built to vanish among leaves and fruit

A raccoon.

Outdoors

Baby raccoon found in Massachusetts chimney gets bubble bath for its soot-caked fur

Purple thistles in a garden.

Home

Woman shares gorgeous photos from 14,000-square-foot cottage garden despite feeling 'garden burnout'

A sleeping fox with a syringe.

Outdoors

UK wildlife rescuers share dramatic recovery of fox cub rushed into urgent care

Four whales just under the surface of the water.

Outdoors

Off Australia's west coast, drone footage captures striking whales below the surface

A beagle with scabs on its skin.

Home

Family thought their dog was gone forever, then one phone call ended a 7-year separation

An elephant lowering tree branches for calves.

Outdoors

Video shows orphan elephant Muridjo hauling down a leafy branch for the smallest babies to eat

Rescue workers carry a stretcher on a path in a wooded area.

Outdoors

California man trying to save cat falls from tree, triggers rescue

An ant climbs on the trunk of a tree surrounded by green foliage.

Outdoors

Bizarre 'lobster moth' caterpillar looks alien, then grows into a fuzzy little moth