Snowfall in the White Mountains is reliable enough to keep the slopes busy from late fall through early spring. The resort is popular with Phoenix and Tucson locals who want a ski trip without the ...

Beavers do not have white teeth. That the mammals are often portrayed with gleaming white front teeth is one of beaver scientist Emily Fairfax’s pet peeves. Beaver incisors are actually orange, said ...

If you’ve spent your entire life looking at the night sky from a city or suburb, you’ve basically been watching the universe ...

Oregon keeps some of its best secrets in the most unexpected places, and Fort Rock State Natural Area is proof that the state ...

Millions of birds invisibly migrate through the night sky each autumn, most flying in near silence toward their wintering grounds. Now, scientists have developed a way to see and identify many of ...

Zim Bog attracts birders from around the world. They flock there hoping to spot owls, hawks and rare songbirds that spend ...

ORLANDO, Fla. — Central Florida is gearing up for an unusually bitter blast of winter weather this weekend, as a powerful cold front ushers in Arctic air and sets the stage for dangerously cold ...

As snow settles in the valleys and whips off mountain crests, Grand County transforms into an icebox. Aside from evergreens, most greenery retreats underground, waiting for spring’s thaw to coax ...