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A hand reaches toward a baby opossum on a light carpet near a wooden decorative surface.

Home

Baby opossum breaks into home, spends days loose inside before homeowner finally catches it

A stream flows beside planted trees surrounded by mulch in a foggy landscape.

Outdoors

Massachusetts led the US in dam removals in 2025, helping the Whitman River run free again

Aerial view of a river winding through a landscape with fields, trees, and residential areas nearby.

Home

Texas flood survivors may still get FEMA aid, even after a missed deadline

Pineapple plants in a garden.

Home

Even in peak heat, this Jamaica container garden is still turning out a steady harvest

A woman sitting in a garden.

Home

Gardener calls out the common threats that wiped out 4 beds of crops

A baby squirrel.

Outdoors

Missouri's baby squirrel season is back, and rescuers say healthy babies belong with mom

A deer.

Outdoors

Rescuers in Indiana share remarkable turnaround for fawn hit by truck and left helpless

Ants on the ground.

Tech

Recent Texas flood washed out whole ant colonies, sending them scrambling into homes

A partially eroded edge of soil with grass and exposed roots.

Home

Massachusetts couple loses 110 feet of yard as Hoosic River erosion sparks emergency work

Burning brush.

Business

Triple-digit heat and gusty winds spark grass fires across North Texas, force school relocation

A Likweli.

Tech

Scientists confirm new monkey species in DR Congo nearly 20 years after mystery photo

A microscopic view of delicate seaweed against a light background.

Tech

England divers solve mystery in ancient seabeds with tiny red seaweed never seen before