Nature

December 22, 2025

Italian Foragers Get Emotional When They Find Giant Porcini in the Wild

Everyone has their own thing that excites them. Some people love crafting, others find joy in cooking, but for a growing community, mushroom foraging is a real passion. In Italy, two friends known as Il Porcino on social media share their adventures hunting for rare, edible mushrooms, showing just how deeply it’s taken root. One recent video shows the two guys finding a cluster of huge Boletus edulis, a dream discovery for fungi foragers.

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November 7, 2025

First Native Plants Arrive at Upcoming World’s Largest Wildlife Crossing in Los Angeles

Embed from Getty Images What makes Southern California such an alluring place to live in is the way the city blends with nature. Residences and streets pop out among the mountains, valleys, canyons, and creeks, offering a continuous respite from urban life. Sadly, this has often meant a disruption for the local animals, who see their habitats torn apart by highways and are often at risk of being run over when trying to get around.

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September 23, 2025

Maine Orchard Wins “Best Corn Maze” in the Nation for Fourth Consecutive Year

Aside from pumpkin patches, apple picking, and hay rides, nothing encapsulates fall better than a corn maze. Treworgy Family Orchards in Levant, Maine, knows a thing or two about constructing corn mazes, many of which have been recognized by USA Today in its annual 10BEST Readers’ Choice Awards. Now, for the fourth consecutive year, the magazine has once again ranked Treworgy’s corn maze as the best in the nation.

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July 21, 2025

Couture Dress Is Alive and Glows in the Dark Thanks to Millions of Microalgae

Designer Iris van Herpen is no stranger to integrating futuristic materials and organic shapes into her garments. For her Sympoiesis haute couture collection debuting at Paris Couture Week, she included structures and fabrics that evoke the flow of the ocean and are almost as light as air. Central to the collection was nature; in fact, it was a main collaborator with the debut of a dress and leggings made of 125 million living bioluminescent microalgae.

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