The owner of a rescued lab dog considers if insights gleaned through animal research are enough to justify the practice.

The unsung heroes of the U.S.’s natural landscapes offer up everything from miles of hiking trails to rare wildlife and fairytale-worthy castles — and you don’t have to stand in line to enjoy them ...

Norman Podhoretz, the pugnacious editor and neoconservative pioneer who died on Tuesday at the age of 95, charted a protean trajectory through American politics and intellectual discourse, rising to ...

When your idea of adventure has devolved to choosing between regular or bold coffee, it’s time to shake things up. South Mountains State Park in Connelly Springs, North Carolina is the reset button ...

The land that now comprises A.W. Marion State Park was once farmland, and hints of this agricultural heritage can still be spotted by observant visitors – old fence lines, the occasional foundation ...

Blue spotted salamanders have been seen walking across snow and new research suggests how they get by in the cold.

They say every generation thinks it's the end of the world. But the Santa Cruz long-toed salamander has been staring at oblivion since 1967 That’s the year the amphibian was listed under the ...

If the Heritage Foundation wishes to retain its status as a leading thought institution in the conservative movement, it must ...

Blue spotted salamanders can supercool themselves so they can walk over ice and snow during their spring migrations.

Happy Holidays, everyone! Tell us a comic book character as well as a holiday motif you'd like to see said comic book ...

An 1851 ink-and-watercolor gift drawing titled A Type of Mother Hannah’s Pocket Handkerchief by Polly Jane Reed, a Shaker in New Lebanon, New York. Andrews Collection, Hancock Shaker Village, ...