Meet lions, gorillas, and penguins for free while Chicago’s skyline steals the show, this Illinois zoo blends wild moments ...

Freezing winds, intense snow, and short growing seasons shape them. Ice and snow kill the growing tips (the apical buds), and fierce winds distort branches, killing windward limbs and resulting in ...

What’s the cleverest way to avoid being noticed by a predator in a forest? Make yourself look like a dead leaf, of course! Meet the ghost mantis, a master of disguise and mimicry. These fascinating ...

Winter is her season of creativity. She travels on trains, not planes, and likes to jot “gnomic lines” in various notebooks. For her, trains are a place of imagination, but also a reminder that the ...

Harrington Beach State Park in Belgium, Wisconsin offers the perfect antidote to your technology-induced headaches. Sprawling across 715 acres along Lake Michigan’s pristine shoreline, this natural ...

Black knot is a fungal disease that disfigures certain flowering trees. Control the disease by pruning in February through March.

As emerald ash borer (EAB) infestation continues its march across the continent, Don Kinzler shares the distinctive identifying characteristics of an ash tree.

Around a familiar outdoor table, Black Light at Malthouse Theatre tells an intergenerational story of four First Nations ...

Awhum, Enugu state: 18 passengers perish after a sacred tree collapsed on their bus. Local leaders raise concerns regarding recent desecration allegations.

Our expert explains why giant pandas are black and white. Decades of investigation have failed to pin down a robust explanation for the zebra’s famous stripes. Neither is there a shortage of ...