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In October, a U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer at California’s Otay Mesa border crossing noticed an odd bulge ...

The United States is home to more than 1,300 endangered or threatened species, many of which are at risk due to habitat loss, ...

California is one of the world’s 36 biodiversity “hotspots” because of our significant number of endemic species and because ...

California has no shortage of geological marvels, many tucked within one of the state’s national parks. But to view a fossilized, dry waterfall formed hundreds of thousands of years ago from an ...

There are certainly many beautiful species of trees, but if you want to plant something that offers extra benefits, consider ...

Each summer, UC Santa Cruz students spend three weeks on the road in Photo Field Research Quarter, traveling across ...

"Could file a lawsuit to get this abomination cleaned up." Hiker shares photo of upsetting sighting in US national scenic area: 'This is highly illegal' first appeared on The Cool Down.

When my mother-in-law moved in, I expected chaos. Instead, she saved my sanity, my marriage, and our family life — here's why I'm so grateful.

Australia is a country that feels almost too vast to comprehend, a place where ancient landscapes collide with modern cities ...

Saguaro Park in southeastern Arizona, near Tucson, offers a landscape unlike anything you’ll see elsewhere. The park hosts ...

Arizona's family farms grow a wide variety of crops essential for the holiday's dinner, but getting locally grown foods to ...