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Net-zero goes pastoral at Serenbe model home

Located down the road from the 2012 HGTV Green Home in the South’s preeminent New Urbanist eco-community, the Bosch Zero Energy Home blends country charm with advanced energy-saving technologies. [...]

Family fun at Devil’s Tower National Monument

Family-friendly fun times in Wyoming’s ‘Tower of Stone.’ [...]

Family fun at Devil’s Tower National Monument

Family-friendly fun times in Wyoming’s ‘Tower of Stone.’ [...]

Conservation is patriotic in U.S., poll finds

More than four in five Americans agree that protecting natural resources is a patriotic duty, suggesting wilderness conservation has bipartisan appeal. [...]

Smoke from western wildfires reaches East Coast

The smoke may be covering a wide range of the U.S., but since it’s mostly in the upper atmosphere, people are unlikely to feel any ill effects. [...]

Help save the American seahorses

The smallest seahorse found in U.S. waters is under threat. You can help put it on the endangered species list for protection. [...]

Mermaids aren’t real, NOAA reports

The federal agency issued a statement on the mythical creatures after a TV special convinced some viewers that mermaids exist. [...]

Buurbecue: A fence-straddling grill that promotes neighborly interaction

Dutch marketing firm Natwerk creates a conceptual BBQ that forces backyard grillers to scale a ladder and say ‘how you doin?’ to their next-door neighbors. [...]

Black widows losing territory to less poisonous brown widows

At 72 sites across the United States, the researchers found 20 times as many brown widow spiders as black widows. [...]

July’s full moon offers celestial show before fireworks on Fourth

The full moon will actually reach its peak on the afternoon of July 3, but will still be visible by the unaided eye in the night sky. [...]