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Workers at a construction site.

Home

North Carolina nursery turns a construction zone into future hedges, shrubs, and planting beds

A person gestures by a body of water, with lush green vegetation and text about invasive plants and erosion control.

Tech

Environmental scientist explains how ornamental plants invaded Florida's Everglades

A woman using a net to rescue an animal in a dumpster.

Outdoors

Panicked squirrel hiding inside a dumpster gets a dramatic rescue

A hedgehog on a green towel.

Outdoors

Hedgehog trapped 3 days in a gap no hand could fit through was freed, then made a comeback

A field of wildflowers.

Home

Meadows are thriving through extreme weather, and manicured plantings are not keeping up

A butterfly perched on a cluster of pink and white flowers.

Tech

Monarchs skipped one Maine yard this June, and naturalists warn we need 'more data'

A woman holds pruning shears and a coneflower while standing in a garden filled with pink flowers.

Home

Across much of the U.S., deadheading coneflowers the 'right way' keeps bees fed all summer

A woman uses a drill to dig in a garden surrounded by flowers and potted plants.

Home

In North Carolina, it's not too late to plant, if your flowers thrive in heat and humidity

A colorful insect perched on a thin branch.

Outdoors

Indiana couple answers insect decline by restoring habitat on family farm

An alligator resting on grass with moss covering its back near a waterway.

Outdoors

On Exmoor, England, trail camera films pine marten with 4 kits after reintroduction

A person using a rake to work on a freshly tilled garden area.

Home

California water customers can get up to $3,000 to rip out grass and replace it with plants

A bear in a residential neighborhood.

Outdoors

Curious black bear roaming Alabama neighborhoods goes viral after appearing like a homebuyer