Nature Spots

For all too many of us, we plan a trip as a much-needed break from our normal daily routine. We

Oil spills have become a growing concern for coastal communities and oceans at large. Over the course of the past

Dawn Carr with blooming forsythia in Geneva, Switzerland (Photo by NCC) March 17, 2022

Sixty years ago, environmentalist Rachel Carson worried that the “early mornings are strangely silent where once they were filled with

© Sarah Konspore In the early 19th century, a fur trapper and wilderness guide named Jim Bridger became one of

HMS Endurance trapped in Antarctic pack ice. © Frank Hurley (1885–1962) via Wikimedia Commons Aptly named, apparently, Sir Ernest Shackleton’s

When was the last time you truly saw the stars? Looked for shooting stars and named the constellations? Woke up

Many of us are intimate with the tale of Santa Claus and his travels across the world yearly on Christmas

© Brad Josephs Habitat and History Polar bears (Ursus maritimus) have a circumpolar distribution limited to four distinct sea ice

When imagining hiking in Europe, images of the Matterhorn or the Dolomites may spring to mind. While absolutely beautiful with