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After you strap your Christmas tree to the top of your car, what happens to the field where you cut it down?

Researchers at the University of Vermont have named a new species of Christmas fern after Hilda White, who has been a volunteer at the school’s herbarium for nearly 30 years.

NHPR's news and podcast teams reflect on the reporting memories they'll remember most from the past year.

Maine's small Christmas Tree growers say their sales are up this season, despite an exceptionally wet spring, a severe drought, and tariffs that have made it a tough year for many farmers.

The first day of winter was Sunday December 21, the time of year in the Northern hemisphere when the Earth's axis is tilts most strongly away from the sun.

The addiction recovery program in Gardner, Mass., is part animal sanctuary, part therapy center. The men who stay there get assigned to care for one of dozens of animals — from chickens, pigs, goats and even ponies — as part of their treatment.

Massachusetts resident Sam Aquillano’s passion for Lego building as an art form drove him to create a new, independent magazine, Bricka. The first issue printed this month.

So much of the setting of the 2000s dramedy series rings true to residents of small-town Connecticut. Now, experience the state that inspired the show with your own road trip!

Walking with other people who are grieving a loss is one way to ease some of the pain and feel less alone.

Bevin Bells made the bell from "It's a Wonderful Life," the bell that kicked off Muhammed Ali's fights and the bells Salvation Army workers ring every Christmas.