One of the little games birders play is keeping track of all the species observed during a calendar year.

The brackish water was still as glass. As the sun rose from beneath a glaucous, marbled blanket of clouds, it saluted those ...

From barking sea lions to a cat requiring repeat rescues, here are the critters that inspired, annoyed or surprised us ...

As a plan B, for lunch I visited The Ropery Coffee Shop about a three-minute walk away. It's located at the end of a ...

Winter transforms the American wilderness into a landscape of stark beauty and profound silence. Snow blankets the ground, ...

India boasts a uniquely diverse natural terrain-snow-fed Himalayan forests and alpine meadows give way to riverine ...

Tombigbee State Park near Tupelo, Mississippi is that rare gem that makes you wonder why you ever board planes to find paradise. Just a short drive from Elvis Presley’s birthplace lies this 320-acre ...

One of the most appealing aspects of Lake Lurleen State Park is its accessibility. Located just a short drive from Tuscaloosa, it’s close enough for a spontaneous afternoon visit yet feels worlds away ...

Scientists photograph the elusive ginkgo-toothed beaked whale, the source of the BW43 echolocation pulse, for the first time.

Scientists have discovered an enormous species of duck-billed dinosaur that lived in what is now New Mexico about 75 million ...

A transparent goby fish drifted through the darkness, its skeleton visible through paper-thin skin. Nearby, a sea slug wore ...

When Ted Judah goes scuba diving off the coast in Monterey Bay, he normally swims at the surface to the area above the dive ...