Big Lou the American alligator snapping turtle comes out for one of his regular checkups, and he makes quite an impression. His huge feet, long claws, and powerful-looking jaws are shown up close ...

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Every small town has a story it tells after dark, usually about something out in the woods or down by the water that nobody can quite explain. Most of those stories stay local. A few got so big that ...

The Land Between’s Leora Berman has always harboured dreams of running an incubation program big enough to regenerate the Highlands’ turtle population. Now, she’s one step closer to achieving her goal ...

A Vietnam-era Army boat parked on a lawn is not what most folks expect to see before lunch on a lazy Illinois river day. Yet ...

Somewhere between the long stretches of sand and saguaro in southwestern Arizona, a wall of palm trees rises out of nowhere ...

Barbara Kingsolver always struggles with beginnings. “I write probably one hundred pages to get to page one of any novel,” she told me recently. “Not all at once—like, eight or nine pages a day. And ...

That ship is actually a playground, and it just might be the coolest one you never knew existed in West Orange, New Jersey.

Things are getting a little spooky under the sea! Join us throughout October for creepy creatures, Halloween fun, special ...

There are places that make you feel like the outside world is a rumor, and Maplewood State Park near Pelican Rapids, ...

I went in expecting a pleasant walk and maybe one sleepy alligator, which says more about my imagination than about the swamp. Florida still holds a stretch ...

“You guys are excited?” she asked the class full of eager kids. “You know what’s coming to your school today?” Wilder started ...