Who doesn’t love a good walk? It’s accessible, it’s free and it’s great for your health. The mental and physical benefits of getting your steps in are impressive, but these days, walking is trendy too ...

It’s hard to ignore the benefits of walking. Getting more steps in throughout your day can improve many health markers, including promoting better sleep, reducing blood pressure and lowering your risk ...

ST. MARYS — The 55th annual Walk with Nature Fall Festival will be from noon to 5 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 20 at Memorial Park in St. Marys. Activities include live music, kid-friendly activities, food ...

An hour of brisk walking in the forest, on the beach, or in a green park reduces stress hormones, improves mood and makes exercise easier to enjoy. These findings from a new study by researchers at ...

With the abundant and widespread forest that we have in the Northland, there are multiple places where we can take a walk in the woods. And we have plenty of time for such outdoor experiences. Our ...

There’s a reason why the sounds of nature — chirping birds, flowing streams, falling rain — are often sound options for white noise machines and meditation apps: They’re calming. A new small study ...

As an urban dweller, I am all too familiar with how the sights and sounds of the city can be grating for the nerves and induce stress reactions in the body and mind. It takes vigilance to find ways to ...

The North Texas Mycological Association leads guided mushroom foraging trips most months, helping to expand people's ...

Hiding in plain sight as a narrow access point at 1620 Ridge Road in Highland Park is actually an entrance to a 15.7-acre ...

Assuming the potential windstorm treats trees, wildlife, and the rest of us kindly, here's an invitation we were asked to ...

Urban wilderness takes some funky forms. And one of the funkiest bits of urban wilderness you’ll find in the entire borough of Brooklyn is on the shoreline of Newtown Creek — a staggeringly polluted ...

I love seasons within the Catholic Church. They are an opportunity to bracket off time and energy to focus on a particular aspect of our Christian faith. I can still recall when I was a Cistercian ...