Minnesota already gets more than half of its electricity from wind, solar, nuclear and other resources that don’t emit planet ...

The National Geographic Endurance is a comfortable base for explorations in icy waters, whether in the Arctic or in the ...

Mars is no longer just a blank red canvas for planetary scientists. A new generation of high resolution maps is turning the ...

Sea levels along the United States coast are rising faster than they did in the past, and the change is not subtle.

Anyone of a certain age knows that time, like some maniacal driver, accelerates as it passes,” writes columnist. “This year went by in a blink even though every ...

Nestled in the northwestern corner of Illinois where limestone cliffs rise dramatically above the Mississippi River, Mississippi Palisades State Park in Savanna offers a wilderness escape that feels ...

A local teacher, along with her sometimes-filmmaker husband, published “ABCs of the Driftless Area,” a children’s photo book showcasing the landscape, flora, and fauna of the Driftless region of the ...

Sometimes the best treasures in Illinois aren’t found in Chicago’s glittering skyline or Springfield’s historic corridors. But tucked away where the Mississippi River carves ancient limestone cliffs ...

Lake Martin The sweetest spot in Alabama may just be this lake, 80 miles southwest of Birmingham. When it was built in the ...

Winona County landowners Claire Bender and Sue Ramthun have been named the Minnesota Southeast Area 7 Outstanding ...

The Mississippi River snakes below the bluffs at Spring Lake Park Reserve near Hastings, where people stroll or ski along the ...