To see distant galaxies and fainter star clusters, time a trip around a new moon, when the night is at its darkest.

Plans to drill the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge for oil and gas have ground to a halt after not a single bid was placed on the land. Grizzly bears are one of the many species that call the ...

For the first time in more than 60 years, Maryland has a new national wildlife refuge. The Southern Maryland Woodlands National Wildlife Refuge, announced recently by federal officials ...