It's not every day that you can walk through a wilderness that's 200 miles away from where it should be. But at this unique ...

Small slices of national forest in South Carolina, mostly in the mountains, would be affected by a federal plan that could open the areas for logging and development ...

In central North Carolina, in the shadows of Raleigh's downtown skyline, free museums, and burgeoning lineup of eateries, lies one of the state's treasured wooded escapes to put on your radar. The ...

As an epicenter of infection, The Natural State may hold clues to what’s driving its rise, how it functions — and what comes next.

Outside tiny Shanksville’s fire station stands a gleaming steel cross made of material salvaged from remnants of the World ...

Standing under an eastern hemlock tree near a thicket of lizard’s tail in her backyard — a tick’s dream — Casey Hamaker had flashbacks to the day she first contracted alpha-gal syndrome, a mysterious ...

Explore 25 historical figures whose true identities or deeds remain shrouded in mystery. From Jack the Ripper to D.B. Cooper, ...

Pine Mountain is a peaceful place in Kentucky that earns its reputation through sheer natural beauty, without any need for ...

Diagnoses of the severe, tick-borne allergy known as alpha-gal are rising throughout the basin. The frontlines of the disease ...

GLENVILLE — A bug smaller than a pencil eraser has crawled over the state’s hemlock trees, causing damage and tree death throughout. Glenville received a $19,005 Department of Environmental ...

Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. A scarred but majestic live oak at a Revolutionary ...

Rick Wise let his imagination wander for a bit, thinking about an oak tree that's about 50 years older than our country. "If that tree could talk," said Wise, an Army veteran, military historian and ...