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“Battery technology has come a long way.”

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New research reveals ‘shocking’ information about everyday lawn equipment: ‘It’s really counterintuitive’

"If you just keep putting the people at risk you’re trying to feed, what’s the point?"

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Farmers stand up against major operations threatening legacy land and lives: ‘[It’s] a very problematic situation’

Distressing and disheartening stories of animals dying like this are all too common.

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Expert makes disturbing and unprecedented autopsy discovery while examining dead whale: ‘Most of these animals die with nobody knowing’

It is also prohibitively expensive.

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Grandson troubled by grandfather’s $13,000 decision to follow concerning landscaping trend: ‘Don’t do it’

"No ambition to use their brain."

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Infuriating video shows ‘mindless’ tourists tempting fate trying to get close-up photo of elk: ‘They’re boxing in these animals’

"It’s really nice to have some pragmatic applied local-scale tools at our disposal.”

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Researchers develop amazing techniques to keep ‘lethal’ waters safe enough for fish: ‘Just trying to innovate’

"There are still some things you can plant in November."

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Seasoned gardener shares ‘incredible’ method for preparing raised garden beds: ‘You might be surprised’

It's a disaster for a number of reasons.

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Gardener warns against dangers of disastrous landscaping trend popping up everywhere: ‘It looks shocking’

“It is not that the fencing has failed, the way we do the fencing is the problem."

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Veterinarian confirms fears after disturbing autopsy discoveries in over 20 elephants: ‘[It] quickens their death’

"Even moving cars are a target."

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Video shows tourists getting way too close to agitated elk during rut season: ‘And no lessons [were] learned here…’

"I managed to make mulch out of about half of the bamboo."

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Homeowner shares impressive before-and-after photos after tackling invasive plants in their yard: ‘Seriously heroic work’

One commenter went as far as to say it "should be banned."

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Homeowner sparks outrage online after succumbing to ‘awful’ landscaping trend: ‘I really wish this didn’t exist’