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News Articles: nature

Cherry blossoms on a tree at the Portland Japanese Garden in Portland on March 27.

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  • National

3 places to see cherry blossoms that aren't Washington D.C.

You don't need to visit Japan or Washington, D.C. to see cherry blossom trees. Here are three places around the U.S. where you can see the blooms — weather permitting.

April 01, 2025
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By:
  • Obed Manuel and
  • Lisa Thomson
One of the activities at Moss Appreciation Week is a build-your-own-terrarium workshop.

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  • Environment

'Moss Appreciation Week': a lot of celebration for a very little plant

Moss Appreciation Week is packed with events both scientific... and also silly. Moss walks, moss talks, moss movies, crafting moss-themed Valentines, and a "gastropod derby" with snails and slugs (for whom moss is a nice moist microclimate).

February 15, 2025
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By:
  • Deena Prichep
Nandina domestica’s red berries contain cyanide, which is often deadly for birds and pets. Scott Zona/ Courtesy of the NC Botanical Garden

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  • News

Is this common bush in your GA yard? It can kill birds & be toxic to pets, small children

Winter is often full of muted, dull colors and frigid temperatures. But one common yard bush brings the color back into the dreary season — though it's also toxic to certain wildlife and humans.

January 30, 2025
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By:
  • Chelsea Madden
Brown Tree Logs (Pexels)

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  • News

Georgia state House panel recommends chipping away at lack of tree care licensing

When there are trees in your yard that need to come down, even die-hard DIYers are likely to call an expert, and for good reason.

December 18, 2024
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By:
  • Ross Williams
New York City is spectacular at sunrise.  From the wildest corners of Central Park, the city is framed by forests, the sound of traffic and sirens softened by the murmur of mountain streams and geese lifting off from lakes.

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  • National

Reporter Journal: A sunrise trek through wild solitude in New York City

New York City is home to more than eight million people but NPR's Brian Mann mapped out an urban hike through solitude and parkland wildness.

December 01, 2024
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  • Brian Mann
A freshly emerged monarch butterfly in Savannah on Nov. 18, 2024. Credit: Mary Landers/The Current GA

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  • News

Aided by super glue, a butterfly emerges: Milkweed attracted monarchs to our yard. One needed a little help make it to adulthood

This is a story about a dog bath, a fallen butterfly chrysalis and weirdly, super glue.

November 23, 2024
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  • Mary Landers
Autumn leaves in Bend, Ore.

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  • Opinion

Opinion: Nature dazzles in autumn

NPR's Scott Simon is dazzled by the turn of the seasons, especially the color of the leaves.

October 26, 2024
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  • Scott Simon
Lovejoy Capital submitted these images with its proposal to invest $23 million in a public-private partnership to turn Macon-Bibb County’s Lake Tobesofkee to create a “luxurious and immersive experience in nature” that includes a world-class maze. Courtesy Macon-Bibb County.

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  • News

World-class attraction, ‘glamping’ proposed for Lake Tobesofkee

Lake Tobesofkee could become a profitable tourist attraction with a more than $23 million unsolicited proposal offered to Macon-Bibb County to transform amenities at the 1,800-acre lake. Lovejoy Capital, led by a descendant of one of the most politically powerful families in Georgia history, wants to build a “luxurious and immersive experience in nature” with exotic “glamping.”

July 17, 2024
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By:
  • Liz Fabian
The New Manchester Mill Ruins in Sweetwater Creek State Park, which can be seen in “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1” (Photo courtesy Pineapple Public Relations). Credit: Photo courtesy Pineapple Public Relations

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  • Movies

Nature in Cinema: a movie tour through Georgia’s parks

The film industry in Georgia has grown exponentially over the past few decades, and so much of the state’s beautiful scenery can be found in some of Hollywood’s biggest films and television shows. Keep scrolling for a Georgia movie tour through some of the projects that have put the state’s natural beauty on the big screen.

June 07, 2024
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By:
  • Sammie Purcell

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  • News

Emory researchers have mapped lone star tick locations in Georgia

The map can give researchers clues to understanding tick-borne diseases, while also showing the public where they’re likely to encounter a lone star tick in the state.

April 23, 2024
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By:
  • Devon Zwald
Artists UMI (left) and Louis VI (right) teamed up with the Museum for the United Nations - UN Live to re-release songs with nature sounds for Earth Day.

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  • Music News

Nature has a mixtape. The U.N. hopes young people will listen to it

The Museum for the United Nations has partnered with musicians to re-release some of their songs with added nature sounds to generate royalties for conservation efforts.

April 23, 2024
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By:
  • Claire Murashima and
  • A Martínez
Scarred tree at the Dunwoody Nature Center

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  • Environment

Neighbors upset with how Dunwoody Nature Center handled a pine beetle infestation

Longtime residents in the Wyntercreek neighborhood are upset about how a pine beetle infestation at Dunwoody Nature Center was handled, saying it destroyed otherwise healthy trees and damaged their adjacent property.

March 11, 2024
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By:
  • Cathy Cobbs
A routine turtle survey in rural Georgia went in a surprising direction when researchers sent a camera into a burrow and found a rattlesnake staring back at them.

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  • Animals

Camera stuck in tortoise burrow shows it has a rattlesnake for a roommate in Georgia

A routine field survey in rural Georgia went in an odd direction when researchers sent a spy camera into a tortoise burrow and met a rattlesnake.

November 27, 2023
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By:
  • Mark Rice
Gopher tortoise

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  • News

Georgia awarded $1.3M for imperiled species conservation

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) has awarded Georgia more than $1.3 million for land acquisition efforts aimed at protecting several imperiled species.

September 19, 2023
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By:
  • Dave Williams
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  • News

It’s lovebug season, Georgia. Here’s how to get rid of them and keep them off your car

It’s the season of love ... lovebugs, that is.

September 08, 2023
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By:
  • Chelsea Madden
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