Bertie Gregory used innovative technology to film bees up close for National Geographic’s Secrets of the Bees. TV Insider has ...

There’s good reason why Rwanda goes by the poetic nickname ‘The Land of a Thousand Hills’. This tropical country might be tiny — just a 10th of the size of the UK — but it’s blessed with a rampant ...

Birdwatchers have a rare chance to witness thousands of the towering birds gather in wetlands and fields of the Platte River Valley.

In the calm, bright morning, the frontier settlement of Puerto Natales feels like it’s catching its breath. Beyond the wind-raked waters of Last Hope Sound, the Paine massif rises — a snow-bound ...

Studies on the neurons of mice suggest our own human endurance may have more to do with the brain than our physique. Regular exercise strengthens muscles and improves endurance—but new research ...

A 30-year-old man from Idaho drowned on the Colorado River last week after he was swept overboard while running a powerful rapid in Grand Canyon National Park. The man, identified by his family as ...

As traditional arts like blacksmithing and glassblowing decline, artisans at this theme park in the heart of the Smoky Mountains connect millions of visitors to age-old skills shaped by hand, fire, ...

The Smithsonian’s National Postal Museum has launched One Minute Wonders, a new series of short-form videos designed to make postal history engaging and accessible for all audiences. Each one-minute ...

The U.S. National Assessment by the Nature Record is designed to be “a holistic assessment of U.S. lands, waters, and wildlife, and the benefits they provide." A new National Academies ad hoc ...

It was a cool, breezy morning in early December when Myles Traphagen, the borderlands program coordinator for the conservation nonprofit Wildlands Network, joined a handful of people atop Coronado ...

Materials describing the past and future of Glacier National Park were reportedly flagged for removal by the Trump administration as it continues its erasure of facts at national parks across the ...

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