Fascinating characters and an emotional story lift a magical realism adventure that’s set in the American South.

Planned mining at the the Okefenokee Swamp, which straddles the Georgia-Florida border, would damage the swamp’s water ...

Animals and humans have always coexisted. Before cities, nomadic hunter-gatherers depended on animals for food, transport, ...

It was the dense, tangled hostility of the swamp and its enormous size that enabled hundreds, and perhaps thousands, of escaped slaves to live here in freedom. We don’t know much about them ...

In the Ozarks, Missouri, there are easy-to-navigate natural history museums, nature trails, animal sightseeing, and an ...

From the adorable but deadly pine marten to the massive sperm whale, get to know some of the amazing animals that call ...

Highly adaptable, Asian small-clawed otters can thrive in a variety of freshwater aquatic habitats, from swamps and mangrove ...

The large leaves of the aguaje, a tropical palm tree that grows in the peatlands and other seasonal wetland areas in tropical ...

A gorilla known for her tickle fights was euthanized due to age-related health decline, a Colorado zoo said. A western Iowland “ gorilla icon ” named Roxie who was known by Cheyenne Mountain Zoo staff ...

Animals often get labeled as either predators or prey. But in the wild, survival isn’t always a one-animal job. Some species form partnerships that help them find food, avoid danger, or raise young.

Hulu’s “The Handmaid’s Tale” returning for its sixth and final season and Viola Davis playing a U.S. president in the action ...