From animal tracking to bird sketching, Mainers are finding unique ways to experience our state's diverse ecosystem.

By Ben Barry Wholesome footage shows tigers, opossums and elephants playing in the snow in their zoo enclosures. Videos show ...

There’s nothing more serene than seeing a blanket of undisturbed snow after a light storm. But for one woman in Switzerland, ...

Snowy days are great for exploring the wonders of science right outside your front door. Older kids will enjoy making a snow ...

Walking in the snow can reveal lives that are often invisible on dry land to all but the very skilled tracker.

A version of this story appears in this year’s edition of the Winter in Aspen/Snowmass magazine. Imagine standing in a ...

The first porcupine in a string of winter squatters and the first to enter right beside the doorstep to my home, this ...

Research explains how foxes hunting mice can plunge down into the snow at high speeds without injuring their poor little ...

Luc Mehl photo A mysterious discovery of blood-splattered snow along a lake in Alaska ... and I expect I’d be able to track a drag trail or see debris nearby.” In addition to finding blood ...

But a few areas have a better chance of snow than others. Except for some far northern and mountain areas, most of the country will be seeing temperatures above the freezing point of 32 degrees ...

Animals display surprising romantic behaviors ... Those vary from the desert-dwelling fennec foxes to the snow-covered white-furred arctic foxes and, the largest red fox among them.

New York City could see its first white Christmas in 15 years. Nine states from Virginia to Maine are under snow alerts on Christmas Eve morning as a band of snow moves through the Northeast ...