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A garden with separate areas for select native plants.

Home

Why one gardener keeps milkweed out of a flower bed, even while growing natives nearby

A cluster of pink flowers surrounded by lush green foliage in a garden setting.

Home

Gardener let a mystery plant bloom and uncovered an unexpected pollinator magnet

Bees on a propane cylinder and old tires.

Outdoors

Blueberry farmers cut open an old propane cylinder to rescue a honeybee swarm

A pink zinnia.

Home

First year growing zinnias leaves one gardener with endless cut flowers and no going back

A person holding a white raccoon.

Tech

Rare white baby raccoon found beneath a porch in Canada leaves wildlife technicians stunned

A marten stands alert on a tree stump surrounded by green grass in a forest setting.

Outdoors

Rare pine marten reappears in Sussex, England, over 100 years after last sighting

A medlar tree with pink fruit.

Food

Rare medlar trees, once dubbed 'open-a--e' by Shakespeare, found thriving in England

A roadrunner with a snake and a wildlife rehabilitator holding the snake.

Outdoors

Wildlife rehab video shows baby roadrunner zooming up to camera with snake in its mouth

A veterinarian examines a woodpecker, while another person prepares to release it outdoors.

Outdoors

Toronto wildlife worker spots injured pileated woodpecker beneath her own window

A flower bed with yellow and purple blooms.

Home

Homeowner rips out a useless lawn strip, scatters saved seeds, and gets a thriving chaos garden

A large rhododendron bush with bright pink blooms.

Home

Homeowner removed a giant rhododendron, then watched pollinators and goldfinches move in

A killdeer chick and an adult killdeer.

Outdoors

Toronto rescuers find a foster family for orphaned killdeer after failed nest search