In the Great Smoky Mountains, an auxiliary team of élite outdoorsmen answers the call when park-goers’ hikes, climbs, and ...

Stink bugs get an understandably bad rap, thanks to their smelly defense mechanism. Here's how to identify the harmful ones ...

Mounds State Park in Anderson, Indiana, isn’t just another pretty green space. It’s a time machine disguised as 290 acres of woodland wonder. I’ve visited a lot of parks in my day, but few combine ...

Scientists from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and their international partners, reveal today their pick of the top 10 ...

A third person has died in a rash of poisonings from wild, foraged mushrooms in California, health officials report.

A uniquely preserved ichthyosaur from the Pliensbachian period helps resolve when a major evolutionary shift occurred among ...

You can plant dormant trees and shrubs and sow native plant seeds in January to get a head start on your garden. Discover ...

Growing plants that are native to your region can be one of the best things a gardener can do. In this video, I give a primer on some of the very best plants that are native to North America east of ...

The cheery call of the black-capped chickadee adds light to the darkest days of the year in late December and early January. That’s one reason why I enjoy feeding birds in winter. It’s comforting to ...

A new termite species, Cryptotermes mobydicki, was discovered in South America by an international research team. The termite was named for its resemblance to the white sperm whale from Herman ...