The newly blanketed, snowy ground can be a magical, serene image. But take a closer look. Do you see tracks in the snow? If so, you just might have the chance to glimpse into the lives of some of the ...

When it snows in the night, I make sure to go out in the morning. There could be fresh tracks in the snow. A number of creatures sharing this place with me eschew daylight forays as uncalled-for ...

It could have been a scene from a “Fargo”-style crime drama: A frozen body partially protruding from a frozen pond. A group of investigators, with tape measures and cameras, studying footprints in the ...