From kayaking, scuba diving and whale watching to bicycling and golf, you will find plenty of things to do in Ixtapa and ...

“The Monarch” presided as the crowned sovereign of the 49-acre Old Growth Forest at Hartwick Pines State Park for years. It ...

Westwood's historic Kissing Tree has been diagnosed with a terminal disease. The borough is exploring experimental treatments ...

Scientists are investigating the reasons some plants still wear last season’s tattered clothes.

Frank Darabont's The Shawshank Redemption has a tribute card to Allen Greene. Here's why the director dedicated his masterpiece to him.

Lichens survive in a very wide range of habitats worldwide. Amazingly, more than 400 species can be found in Maryland.

Some trees and shrubs have a bad reputation for being susceptible to diseases: lilacs to powdery mildew, junipers to juniper ...

A bizarre fossil called Prototaxites, which was the largest life-form on land 400 million years ago, may have been a completely unknown form of multicellular life, according to a new study.

The Targaryens play a big part in "A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms" Season 1, but it can be tough to track who is one person's son and who might be another's uncle. Halfway through the "Game of Thrones ...

Over centuries, artists and censors have employed the humble fig leaf to cover the penis – including on Michelangelo’s ...

Paying homage to the long-dead Transcendentalist, some people are building full-scale replicas of Henry David Thoreau’s ...

One of the signature events of the America 250 celebration will be the rededication of the Vasbinder Fountain on July 4 in ...