Tour Honey Island Swamp to learn about alligators, ancient cypress trees, and prohibition history

Just 45 minutes from the French Quarter, Honey Island Swamp is Louisiana's last untouched wetlands — 70,000 protected acres ...

A special tree native to California

It’s designed to handle drought conditions, attract pollinators and produce seeds that are too poisonous to be consumed.
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Burmese pythons have wiped out 98 percent of Florida’s opossums, so scientists are now strapping GPS collars onto the survivors and letting the snakes eat them, becau…

Florida researchers fitted GPS-collared opossums to track Burmese pythons from the inside — and the hidden biology of this ...
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The Whimsical Treehouse Village In Georgia You Have To See To Believe

You know that fantasy you had as a kid about running away to live in the trees like some kind of suburban Robin Hood? Historic Banning Mills in Whitesburg took that fever dream and made it a ...
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A High Desert Escape: Where to Stay, Eat and Wander in Joshua Tree

If Palm Springs is the grande dame of California’s desert, Joshua Tree is her cooler and more rebellious little sister. Though the town of Joshua Tree itself is tiny, it’s surrounded by cities like ...