While the weather outside may indeed get frightful this winter, a parka, knit hat, wool socks, insulated boots and maybe a ...

Our expert guide will help you make the most of your visit to this epic California park, home to El Capitan and Half Dome.

The groundhog is a member of the squirrel family and related to chipmunks and prairie dogs. It’s also known as a woodchuck, a whistle pig — or in the parlance of Pennsylvania Dutch, a language with ...

Bitternut hickory trees were one of the most important perennial staple food crops in the eastern U.S. for eight thousand years or more.

Punxsutawney Phil's handlers say he's seen his shadow and is therefore predicting six more weeks of winter weather. Phil's ...

Every Feb. 2, Americans turn to a groundhog to see whether winter will stick around. But Groundhog Day is about much more ...

Of course groundhogs – also known as woodchucks – don’t emerge at this time just to be furry weather predictors. So what’s the real reason?

That’s exactly what happens when you first set foot in Nickerson State Park in Brewster, Massachusetts – a Cape Cod gem that somehow manages to fly under the radar despite being one of the most ...

Winding through lush forest and whispering pines, the Kuwohi Observation Tower Trail near Bryson City, NC, is a half-mile ...