As a budding naturalist growing up in the concrete-heavy environs of Boston, I would regularly thumb through my family’s collection of nature books and daydream about the creatures within. One species ...

Great Smoky Mountains National Park is one of the most biodiverse places in the world, so it’s no surprise that many of the plants and animals chosen as symbols of the two states it straddles — North ...

Rockalina spent 50 years without companionship. Now, after a new lease on life, her life is more enriched by the introduction ...

Turtles and tortoises are reptiles with hard, protective shells, but they differ significantly in habitat, anatomy, and lifestyle. Turtles are primarily aquatic or semi-aquatic, featuring streamlined ...