Graham Averill is Outside magazine’s national parks columnist, but some of his favorite adventures have happened inside state parks. New perk: Easily find new routes and hidden gems, upcoming running ...

The birds die and decay, but the plastic inside them stays forever in the sand -- a layer of man's doing ... recently demonstrated that larval Perch raised in waters containing micro-plastics ...

dig nests using back appendages that scoop and toss sand almost like hands, and squeeze salt water, like tears, from glands near their eyes. Their mouths are similar to bird beaks, perhaps because ...

On a windy afternoon on California's Central Coast, Bob Isenberg sits quietly in a camping chair facing the 576-foot Morro ...

The Four Seasons hotel sets the standard for luxury beach vacations in Costa Rica thanks to its gorgeous pools, deluxe rooms ...

The best luxury hotels in Costa Rica include Casa Chameleon at Las Catalinas, Andaz Papagayo, El Alma, El Mangroove, ...

Keuka Lake State Park proves that big beauty comes in small packages, offering a hidden paradise too stunning to keep secret!

Elevated concentrations of heavy metals have been detected at the Elkhorn Slough Reserve by scientists following a recent ...

Ornamental grasses not only make a visual statement, but they actually come with many additional benefits that'll suit both ...

For the night owls among us, Big Stone Lake State Park offers some of the best stargazing you’ll find in Minnesota. Far from ...

In the vast urban sprawl of Arizona, the habitat of the tiny western burrowing owl is being destroyed—prompting ...

As it mutates, the bird flu has seemingly been able to infect other bird species, pets, other kinds of animals and, on rare ...