Carrie Madren

Urban dwellers find a fresh harvest in container gardening

Sixth grader Rey Robinson looks up and considers the 10-foot-tall, woven basket-like object looming from the corner, its two curving points tied together at the top. “This looks like a fort, like they threw spears through the opening,” he says.

Thank Uncle Sam for life-saving bone marrow transpl...

What's the Cache? | American Forests

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A surge of seniors will soon change U.S. population dynamics.

Back in the 1950s and 60s, former State Senator Bernie Fowler remembers wading out chest-deep into the Patuxent River near his home seeing crabs scuttling by his feet. Now, "wade-in" tests reveal murkier times.

Stop-Motion Master | The University of Virginia Mag...

Playground safety inspectors’ work is a child’s dream job.

At the woods' edge, small groups of HSBC technology managers, armed with clipboards and measuring tapes, meticulously determine the circumference of specially tagged trees down to a tenth of an inch. ...

Brought to the U.S. from all corners of the globe, invasive, non-native plant species are taking over ecosystems across the nation. Can the combined efforts of concerned citizens and government agencies keep this invasion of alien species at bay?

SUP may be the next best thing to walking on water