There are your standard-issue eat-beach-repeat kinds of warm-weather getaways, and then there’s The Florida Keys & Key West. This tiny island chain off the southernmost tip of Florida affords an easy ...

Collier County commissioners approved using Conservation Collier funds to buy land for the Bonita-Estero Rail Trail.

WASHINGTON, DC – The Editorial Board of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) has selected six papers published by PNAS in 2025 to receive the Cozzarelli Prize, an award that ...

Two weeks after a National Fire ignited at Big Cypress National Preserve, officials document nearly three-quarters of it is contained.

Sometimes the best discoveries are the ones hiding right under your nose, and Topsail Hill Preserve State Park in Santa Rosa ...

The secret wedding venue where JFK Jr. and Carolyn Bessette got married is about 2 hours north of Jacksonville. Here's your guide on how to get there.

Your beach towel and sense of adventure are all you need to discover why Topsail Hill Preserve State Park is one of Florida’s ...

NEW MEXICO Indian Health Service phases out mercury fillings ALBUQUERQUE — The federal agency that provides health care to Native Americans and Alaska Natives has announced it will phase out the use ...

The Will County Forest Preserve District has applied three times in two years for a type of permit required before undertaking work that might harm endangered species or their habitats. The most ...

Touren Pope was rockhounding in the Greater Green River Basin when he found a remarkable foot-long fossil. It turned out to be the shell of a soft-shelled turtle. When it was freed from the rock ...

Turtles today are often slow-moving, modestly sized creatures, but their ancient relatives were quite different. Long before modern turtles evolved into the familiar forms we recognize today, some ...

Cartoons often suggest turtles wear shells like removable armor. Those stories show turtles stepping out, swapping shells, or treating them like clothing. Biology disagrees. A turtle shell is not an ...