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Photographers head to this North Carolina bird refuge each spring, when nesting season brings extra life to the landscape.

Water birds wade through the shallows, hunting for fish and insects with the kind of patience that makes you feel guilty ...

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One of Arlington's least favorite insects is back for the spring, as invasive as ever. Spotted lanternflies have begun ...