Concern some top eventers at Badminton were too thin or under-muscled may show how common overweight horses are, it has been proposed, as people are reminded that fitness can have many faces. In the ...

Taking a blobfish out of water is like “heating something that’s glued together and the glue starts to melt.” The blobfish went viral with this photo, but underwater they look like a ...

Gerbils are small rodents that are kept as pets all over the world, although the species originates from Mongolia. Their full ...

Discover the best practices for handling grass clippings after lawn maintenance. Learn about the benefits of leaving them on the lawn, creative ways to use them, and eco-friendly disposal options.

Google Earth photo captured a hill formation in Sudan that bears a striking resemblance to human lips. Not much is known ...

Police have begun a renewed search for Madeliene, nearly two decades after the three-year-old disappeared, Joe Sommerlad and ...

New research shows that the presence of solar panels in Colorado's grasslands may reduce water stress, improve soil moisture levels and -- particularly during dry years -- increase plant growth by ...

The placement of solar panels in Colorado’s grasslands could help decrease water stress and increase plant growth by about 20 percent during dry years, a new study has found. In these semi-arid ...

A sweeping look at the vanishing American prairie and two crime novels set in Minnesota are this week’s offerings to our readers. “Sea of Grass”: by Dave Hage and Josephine Marcotty (Random House, $32 ...