What was snow-covered just last week is now generally snow-free. Spring wildflowers are beginning to emerge and polka dot the forest floor with green, the ice is out of most ponds, and on warmish ...

One of my favorite memories was when we first moved to Maine, over 30 years ago, and discovered vernal pools (our house was surrounded by them). Vernal pools are seasonal forested wetlands that fill ...

Situated below a bright blue sky, with large, billowy clouds scattered throughout, is the Fairy Pools of Scotland — a truly magical place that looks too beautiful to be real. Especially during the ...

Fleeting woodland ponds teeming with fairy shrimp, fingernail clams and blue-spotted salamanders might sound straight out of a fantasy novel, but they’re actually an essential feature of Michigan ...

Fairy pools sounds interesting, right? Well, they are for real too! And if you want to take a dip in these gorgeous fairy pools, you need to pack your bags and head to Australia. Yes, because ...

Plus, discover the wild swimming lakes where you can get a wood-fired pizza and hot into a sauna WILD swimming isn’t for the faint of heart, but taking a cold dip is definitely made easier when ...

What was snow-covered just last week is now generally snow-free. Spring wildflowers are beginning to emerge and polka dot the forest floor with green, the ice is out of most ponds, and on warmish ...