Raven Rock State Park, less than an hour from Fayetteville, offers miles of trails for hiking, biking and horseback riding.

A notably large brood of periodical cicadas will emerge from underground in a number of eastern U.S. states this spring.

Growing up in the 1960s and '70s in Uniondale and Hempstead, one entomologist recalled hundreds of cicadas clinging to tree ...

Scientists have found a way to sample DNA out of the air on a nationwide scale -- making it possible to one day track the health and well being of species around the globe.

Here are the 51 best reasons to live in New Jersey, from someone who was born here (Trenton) and has travelled endlessly to every part of the state. This list could have easily included 100 or more ...

Its origins lie in the Swahili language, but Africa isn’t the only place to enjoy a safari. On the other side of the planet, ...

South Carolina is home to a lot of alligators. Around 100,000 of them, to be exact. Although it is fewer than in some states, ...

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of George D. Pratt. The Smithsonian Institution came of age in the era of Manif ...

Point Pelee National Park is a gorgeous natural area, home to the southernmost point in mainland Canada, and a mecca for ...

What seems clear is that their synchronized emergences work as a hedge against predation by all manner of birds ... Cape Cod? How is it they’ve continued to survive this far north? It may ...

Brood XIV is one of 15 broods of periodical cicadas that emerge every 13 or 17 years. This year they'll be in states such as ...