Colorado Parks and Wildlife is encouraging residents to put their old Halloween pumpkins to good use at local farms or composting facilities. They're also warning residents that feeding them to ...

WASHINGTON — If your porch still looks haunted with deflating pumpkins, don’t squash them and send them to the landfill. Tossed pumpkins produce methane, a potent greenhouse gas. Instead, here are ...

DENVER — Pumpkin season is fleeting, and once you're finished carving your jack-o'-lantern, it might be tempting to leave your pumpkin outside for wildlife. One viral Instagram post that has been ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. The pumpkin’s name was Muggle and it weighed as much as a bull ...

Sarah Whitty, a 37-year-old giant pumpkin grower from Maine, talks to PEOPLE about her harvesting journey Sarah Whitty After discovering a jack-o'-lantern sprouting in her compost pile back in 2012, ...

It’s pumpkin season – from spiced lattes to Halloween decorations on the porch – and chances are it was grown in Illinois.Just over a third of all pumpkins in the United States – 485 million pounds – ...

WASHINGTON — Trick-or-treaters are set to embark on their journey from house to house, filling their buckets, bags and pillowcases with loads of candy this week. Some candy lovers and Halloween ...

Every fall, pumpkin growers haul their record-breaking giants onto scales, with some pumpkins weighing more than 2,700 pounds (1,225 kilograms). Yet the world's largest apple barely reaches 4 pounds ...

October in much of the U.S. brings cooler weather, vibrant fall colors and, of course, pumpkin-spiced everything. This is peak pumpkin season, with most of the American pumpkin crop harvested in ...

Every year, more than one billion pumpkins are grown in the U.S., many destined for Halloween festivities. But after the spooky day and the celebrations come to an end, millions of these pumpkins end ...