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It is not a real surprise that the smallest birds in the world belong to the family Trochilidae, commonly known as hummingbirds. However, even within the hummingbird family, there are large ...

TEMPLE, Texas — Scientists have upgraded the threat level of an asteroid that has a small chance of hitting Earth in 2032, but that doesn't mean we need to start panicking just yet. The scale ...

AMES, Iowa – A farmer notices an unfamiliar insect on a leaf. Is this a pollinator? Or a pest? Good news at harvest time? Or bad? Need to be controlled? Or not? That farmer can snap a picture, use a ...

If a deck or balcony is the only space where you can grow, go crazy with containers. Get started growing food with small space gardening. You can even start with apartment vegetable gardening for ...

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