In 2025, the Statesman Journal outdoors team wrote about fascinating people and traveled to stunning places. Here's our 10 ...

Deep in a remote Samoan rainforest, field researchers have just confirmed something many biologists had quietly stopped ...

The sparrow-sized bird's fossil was detected in Northeastern Asia, according to Earth.com. Its throat was filled with an alarmingly high number of stones, and its teeth were similar to those of the ...

Trancing is when dogs enter a slow-motion, focused state while moving under objects, such as Christmas trees. However, the ...

It’s been used for centuries as a medicinal resin, long before ‘gut health’ was a buzzword — but studies now back up its benefits.

Bark beetles convert spruce tree defenses into more potent antimicrobials to protect themselves, but a fungus can neutralize ...

How Delaware schoolkids turned the agile gray fox into a symbol of history, resilience, and year‑round wildness.

From a small island off the coast of Panama to the farthest reaches of space, the Smithsonian advanced our knowledge of the ...

When André Apolinario was a child, his parents had an argument over a bird’s nest. The swallows' nest was a fixture on the facade of their house in Gaia, Portugal, had to be removed by workers who ...

The old and nuanced art of Peking opera is working hard to flourish in an era of digital entertainment and incessant screens.

From Estonia to Antarctica, this once-pagan symbol has taken on many strange forms. In December 1848, an illustration showed Queen Victoria, Prince Albert, and their children admiring a Christmas tree ...