Not all of America's many, many exceptional trails are land-based. Though on-foot hikes are probably what you picture when you hear the word "trail," the United States has several top-notch water ...

THIS ARTICLE IS republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Firefighters battling the deadly wildfires that raced through the Los Angeles area in January 2025 have been ...

Firefighters battling the deadly wildfires that raced through the Los Angeles area in January 2025 have been hampered by a limited supply of freshwater. So, when the winds are calm enough, skilled ...

Dwarf palmettos tolerate the high-salinity soil in the Francis Marion National Forest. The surrounding pine and hardwood trees, however, are stressed and dying because of sea level rise, said Alton ...