The LIFE hikers are now back to weekly hikes for about 90 minutes on Friday mornings. Those who enjoy a slower pace can join ...

IN THE AFTERNOON glow before sundown, Mount Washington and Mount Madison towered in the distance like sunlit temples of snow. Nineteen people, mostly couples, came to the Bretton Woods Nordic Center ...

You can embrace the snow by sledding, snowshoeing, skating and more around the city and suburbs. Here’s where to go.

Since the fieldwork in BIOL 61 is entirely outdoors, students get plenty of exposure to the winter elements. da Silva said ...

Like many folks, I never paid much attention to millipedes — those wormlike, multilegged creatures that crawl about in the leaf litter and hide under logs and rocks on the forest floor.

Snow softens, erases and muffles the chaos. It’s a blanket that makes it easier to see what would otherwise go unnoticed.

Reporter It had been a long stretch of cold weather, some of the coldest we’ve experienced in years. I was, by my own admission, getting a little punchy, trapped inside for the third or fourth week in ...

Swampscott Conservancy Though it’s the shortest month, February can feel like the longest. With the holiday celebrations over and perhaps our New Year’s resolutions already broken, we’re left with ...

When the snow settles, melts and refreezes, the sound-dampening quality of the snow will change. As the surface of the snow ...

Teaching students to understand the importance of the animals that live in Maine to the ecosystem and the economy is important.

Wind gusts blew snow off tree branches. I took this photo of a couple walking by who looked like they could walk for hours in the falling snow." Adam Harrison Adam Harrison: "I actually went for a ...