In northeastern California, the Upper Pit River undulates through evergreen forests, wet meadows and rugged mountains. It’s part of the snow-fed headwaters of the Sacramento River, the largest river ...

It is the site of a dramatic moment in Scottish history. The Isle of Skye's rocky shoreline is where Charles Edward Stuart - known as Bonnie Prince Charlie - arrived by boat disguised as a maid to ...

Ecological connectivity is critical to the survival and long-term viability of populations but is often ... which contain significant breeding populations of the imperiled four-toed salamander ...

That’s why Salt Springs State Park makes for the perfect Mother’s Day destination. This 405-acre slice of Pennsylvania ...

Layers of limestone and sandstone reveal ancient seabeds and long-vanished shorelines ... to reveal a miniature ecosystem of beetles, salamanders, and other decomposers going about their essential ...

Both salamanders are differentiated with white and blackish underparts and five toes on hind legs. Red-backed salamanders ... Spring peppers are usually one inch long, like a piece of paper, and weigh ...

This adaptation helps them communicate over long distances, especially in the dense jungles and ... A Sloth’s Metabolism Is Slower Than a Snail’s Charming close-up of a three-toed sloth hanging on a ...

Did you find it?” a researcher asked Pablo Sinovas, who believed he rediscovered the creature during a two-day jungle trek.

It flicked its pale “snake-like” tongue at him before running off in short bursts on its “inordinately long” toes, taking refuge under a boulder, according to an April 10 study published ...