At Mesa Verde, Spanish for "green table," multistoried dwellings fill the cliff-rock alcoves that rise 2,000 feet above Montezuma Valley. Remarkably preserved, the cliff dwellings cluster in ...

A sun-swept corner of the Painted Desert draws more than 600,000 visitors each year. While most come to see one of the world's largest concentrations of brilliantly colored petrified wood, many ...

With glacier-clad peaks rising almost vertically from thickly forested valleys, the North Cascades are often called the American Alps. The national park forms one unit of the North Cascades ...

It's easy to picture what the Ojibwa saw in the 1400s when they first traveled in birchbark canoes to what is now Ontario's Quetico Provincial Park. Little here has changed since then and, as part ...

During 2024’s record high temperatures, handheld portable fans surged in popularity. For travelers, these mini coolers can ...

The windswept coasts of Prince Edward Island that inspired Anne of Green Gables have also influenced an innovative new ...

A favorite of cyclists, the park’s historic carriage roads offer 45 miles of woodland that’s free of motor vehicles.

Clinical trials are underway that demand us to rethink menopause—and whether or not women actually need to go through it.

From scaling one of North America’s longest via ferratas to rafting the ‘Grizzly River’, here are some of the best outdoor ...

A new study offers the first detailed look at king cobra combat. Video evidence reveals that when these snakes joust there is no venom—just a ritualized fight for mating rights.

Experts—including a three-time marathoner, a running coach, an ultramarathon winner, and a podiatrist—weigh in on the right ...

May’s night sky is packed with astronomical events—find out when and where to look for meteor showers, ancient star clusters, ...