The most notable structure in Nashville's green playground is the Parthenon, a replica of the ancient temple made of modern materials.

A trip to Channel Islands National Park is a trip back in time — Southern California before freeways. The park protects five islands and the surrounding water

This Maryland park houses Camp David, the famous presidential retreat, but you're more likely to see whitetail deer and black bears than a president.

This New Hampshire gem is a four-season recreational hub with hiking in the summer and snow skiing in the winter. (Bonus: It's easy to get to, thanks to access

Measuring well over 5,000 square miles, Death Valley National Park is the largest national park in the Lower 48. Of course, most people know it for its other su

Sitting on the rain-soak Olympic Peninsula in northwest Washington, Olympic National Park is perhaps most known for its expansive temperate rain forest. However

There's a reason why more than 4 million people visit this Wyoming wonder annually. (Don't worry: there's enough nature for everyone to enjoy at this neighbor t

This famous urban greenspace is where the locals go to shrug off big city living and where the tourists go to see what all the fuss is about.

Mount Mitchell State Park, about 35 miles northeast of Asheville, North Carolina, is a place of superlatives. The namesake peak is the tallest east of the Missi

Visible from Puget Sound to the west, Mount Rainer looms above the Cascade Range at 14,410 feet above sea level. This peak of fire and ice — an active volcano

Gulf Islands National Seashore, the country’s largest national seashore, includes six barrier islands stretched out for 160 miles from Santa Rosa Island, Flor

Shenandoah National Park may be the world’s most beautiful highway right-of-way. This park in central Virginia stretches for 105 miles along the Blue Ridge Mo

The National Park of American Samoa isn’t the sort of place you visit on your way to some other destination. You have to really want to be here. It’s a 5 ½

There is more to Nevada than desert, hot nightclubs and garish, neon temples of gambling. Great Basin National Park, about 285 miles north of the Las Vegas Stri

This expansive park offers a peek at the wilder side of New York and New Jersey — from the plush woodlands, hundreds of animal species and even a nude beach.

You won’t find a home where the buffalo roam across this section of the Great Plains, but you will find 126 campsites at Theodore Roosevelt National Park. You

Towering granite walls, picturesque valleys carved by glaciers, jaw-dropping giant trees, waterfalls. It sounds like Yosemite National Park. Kings Canyon Nation

Rustic buildings scattered across this Iowa state park make the trails all the more worth forging.

Stephen C. Foster State Park gives access to the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, likely the wildest 402,000 acres in the Southeast.

Wedged between Raleigh, Durham and Research Triangle Park is more than eight square miles of woods dotted with lakes and laced with streams and trails. William

You don’t have to travel to the Caribbean for a laid-back island experience. Burton Island State Park in Vermont provides a getaway for swimming and sunbathin

This South Dakota park delivers a dose of rugged beauty, from the namesake rocks to a classic prairie teeming with wildlife.

Here's how to get through the socially challenging times of coronavirus with grace, dignity and good health.

WHO says "immunity passports" certifying that people are immune to the coronavirus are premature since we don't know if they will work.

Pest-killing spiders behave differently after exposure to a common insecticide, a new study finds.

Noting that bees are 'dying at alarming rates,' federal judges have rejected the EPA's approval of sulfoxaflor.

In "The Jefferson Grid," mesmerizing satellite images reveal the early land planning efforts of America's founding fathers.

Two decades after approving imidacloprid, the EPA is re-examining how it and similar pesticides affect bees.

Spiders eat several hundred million tons of insects per year, a new study finds, a global feast rivaling the yearly meat intake of humans.

The levels are reportedly safe for humans, but they're high enough to harm bees — and that's bad news for us, too.

With a little help from a famous seventh-generation orchardist, I narrow down some of the best varieties to plant for a backyard orchard.

Our love of avocados and guacamole is leaving Chilean villagers without water.

British Prime Minister Theresa May is avocado toast after young people rise up to vote.

In 2013, Bush shaved his head in solidarity with a young toddler with leukemia.

Rob Greenfield is a hands-on activist who has participated in many high-profile environmental feats to raise awareness about people's impact on the planet.

Three circus lions and a cub fly thousands of miles to their forever home in South Africa.

New research finds the traditional beer can flick does nothing at all for fizz.

This map helps you find the antipodes (the other side of the world) of any place on Earth.

Until now, no one believed this kind of broad-spectrum cure for cancer was possible.

It might mean that spiders possess an extraordinary kind of consciousness.

Bumblebees exposed to neonicotinoids grow up with permanent brain damage.

A 3-legged dog named Tricycle always mourns the loss of a friend at an animal sanctuary called Horse Creek Stable in Georgia..

Scientists at the Peninsula Open Space Trust are studying how animals move around an increasingly fractured habitat, and the video is just one element.

Is it a cold or hay fever? Here's how to tell if the symptoms you're experiencing are due to a pollen allergy and what you can do.

Bioluminescent algae blooms every few years on the California coast, Australia and elsewhere.

One of the most highly anticipated museums of the past decade, the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture is finally opening.

Mountain bikers wind through the misty temperate rain forest of Whistler, British Columbia, leaving stunning long-exposure light trails in their wake.

Many people don't see arachnids as 'cute,' but maybe they've never laid eyes on a peacock jumping spider.

These bioluminescent gnat larvae fool their prey by beautifully imitating the night sky inside of caves.

These YouTube channels are dedicated to preserving culinary culture.