This story has been updated to add more information. If you’re hoping to start off 2025 on the right foot — or the left foot, for that matter — a New Year’s Day hike is just the thing. A few hours’ ...

Walking in nature has been shown to boost physical and mental health, lowering stress and restoring attention. But researchers are finding plenty of mental-health benefits to walking in urban areas, ...

Tucked just away from the bustle of suburban life, Bear Creek Nature Trail in Winter Springs provides a short but sweet walk in the woods. Following a creek, the trail twists and turns on sandy bluffs ...

Can you actually see the backs of turtles in the dry, rolling hills of Boulder County? Yes — if you accept the unusual sandstone geologic formations called “turtlebacks” instead of aquatic creatures.