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Most animals do not want to ruin your weekend. This is important. The moose is not monitoring your vacation calendar. The rattlesnake has not read the reservation.
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The oldest bristlecone pines do not look successful. They are twisted. Partly dead. Often short. Exposed wood is sandblasted smooth by wind and ice.
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A coyote seen crossing a suburban bike path Wednesday issued a correction after neighborhood social-media users spent nearly two hours attempting to identify what they believed was a thin off-leash dog.
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Walking is simple until someone puts a mountain underneath it. Then humans begin adding equipment. Trekking poles can improve stability, involve the upper body, provide another point of contact on slippery terrain, and…
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The hellbender is a giant salamander that lives underneath rocks in clean rivers. That sentence should be enough.
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A gray squirrel that has spent three summers soliciting snacks from campers closed Tuesday on a small parcel near the amphitheater after converting what county officials described as “an unusually liquid peanut…
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Human beings encounter a spectacular geologic formation and react in a predictable sequence. First: awe.
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Lake Michigan contains no saltwater. No ocean tides in the ordinary sense. No connection to the sea that matters to the person standing on the beach.
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A hiker reported missing for nearly three hours declined further assistance Sunday after search-and-rescue volunteers informed him he was approximately 400 feet from the trailhead.
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The basic backpacking meal requires hot water. This has not stopped the outdoor industry from producing enough stove systems to support several competing philosophies of boiling it.