Let’s get something straight right off the bat: While I enjoy it, fall is not my favorite time to be on the trail. Late spring earns that distinction, but that’s ...

Both of my siblings crack me up. My brother and I have shared a lifetime of quips and inside jokes, but my sister and I have always exchanged funny animal ...

You stumble through the desert, dehydrated and nearly dead. You encounter a tall barrel, half-full of water, at the base of a boulder-strewn hillside. Try as you may, your arms ...

The domestic dog is an incredibly pliable species. The American Kennel Club (AKC) currently recognizes 189 different breeds, but the AKC is just one breed registry, and there are others. ...

It would be hard to design a better rodent-killing tool than Mother Nature accomplished with the snake. Rats, mice, squirrels and other buck-toothed critters figure prominently in the diets of ...

All trees require sunlight. Sunlight provides the energy trees need to rip apart molecules of water and carbon dioxide and rearrange them into carbohydrates. The trees use these carbs for ...

A winter walk through an oak-hickory forest is a study in earth tones. Though gold, red and purple only a few weeks ago, the forest has faded. Brown leaves carpet ...

July 2013. I woke up with an itch for the outdoors, so I laced up and hit the road. Half an hour later, I’m 20 yards deep in oak-hickory bliss ...

A while back, I stumbled across a great piece by Nicholas Lund, of The Birdist, about the official bird of each state. I thoroughly enjoyed Lund’s take on the subject, ...