Massi rushes down the slope, leaps across a slow-running stream and disappears inside a thick bush. Rosie, his young ...

A North Carolina program is helping homeowners swap out smelly, invasive Bradford pear trees for free, native replacements.

South Carolina climbed to No. 2 in the latest AP women's b Top 25. The reshuffle follows a week where four of the top 10 teams lost. UConn is No. 1. LSU and TCU jumped into the top 10, ...

Learn why North Carolina picked the gray squirrel as a symbol, and how this common backyard visitor shapes forests and state identity.

Take a closer look at that long-legged heron — it might be a tricolored heron! Here's where to find these birds, and how to identify them.

Earlier this week, the North Carolina Tar Heels moved up two spots to No. 12 in the latest AP College Basketball Rankings. Those rankings are released every Monday. On Tuesday, the Tar Heels improved ...

Each year, North Carolina harvests two to three million Christmas trees from farms spread over 33,000 acres. The Christmas tree growing season was a success this year in North Carolina, despite fears ...

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Could guts save your butt? A new study reports that bacteria found in the intestines of Japanese tree frogs show remarkable promise in treating colorectal cancer. A research team from the Japan ...

Frog gut bacterium eliminates cancer tumors in mice with a single dose By Bronwyn Thompson December 16, 2025 The Japanese tree frog (Hyla japonica) hosts a bacterium that kills tumors from the inside ...

North Carolina Senate candidate and former Republican National Committee Chair Michael Whatley announced Monday that President Trump will visit the battleground state of North Carolina on Friday. “I’m ...