Did you know that most of the discarded garbage ends up in the oceans, forming garbage patches? Environmentalists from the ...

ARTHUR, Ill. — It may not feel like fall just yet, but The Great Pumpkin Patch in Arthur is officially open for its 36th season. Owner Mac Condill says the farm has been in the family for ...

The classic 1966 Halloween special "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown" is a fall favorite for many viewers. Apple has previously offered free, limited-time streaming windows for non-subscribers, ...

New data shows that great white sharks are spending more time in the chilly waters off New England and Canada's Atlantic coast. That means boaters, beachgoers and fishermen who spend time in the ...

You've probably seen the photos: a sea turtle trapped in fishing line, a plastic bottle wedged in coral, and shorelines littered with packaging. That's not some distant problem. The same waste tossed ...

In Hawaii, a volunteer cleanup crew is hauling more junk off Kauai’s beaches than ever before. In the 2024 Surfrider Foundation report, the nonprofit reported that its volunteers had removed more than ...

Welcome to episode two of NPR Short Wave's summer series, Sea Camp! Today, we linger at the surface and revisit an episode about an ocean conundrum: Trash from humans is constantly spilling into the ...

“Make America great again” is the perfect empty political marketing slogan. It is hollow enough for people to fill with their own aspirations and enrobed in a vaguely patriotic sentiment. Anyone who ...

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