From quiet hikes with scenic views to one of the largest dog parks in the United States, the Bay Area has much to offer.

It also helps to have distractions along the way, such as raptors — including golden eagles and red-tailed hawks — that perch on trees and fence posts, a creek to get muddy and cool off in ...

The first thing your dog might do on the Fossil Hill Trail is run full-speed down the opening path, turn left and dive into the muddy waters ... game in Walnut Creek’s Shell Ridge Open Space ...

After the identification, the team faced the delicate task of preserving the ancient mammoth tusk for further examination.

2-3 p.m. George Washington Birthplace National Monument, 1732 Popes Creek Road, Colonial Beach ... Tommy Filkoski, 1 p.m.; Muddy Boots Band, 4 p.m. 493-3008. Ramblin’ With A Ranger, 3 p.m. Canoe/Kayak ...

Shades State Park in Waveland is 3,000 acres of nature’s finest craftsmanship – a place where sandstone canyons, babbling brooks, and towering hardwoods create an outdoor paradise that makes you ...

Hammered open by people like Wittry to find a prize inside, they represent one of the most spectacular fossil beds on the planet: the Mazon Creek lagerstatte, or mother lode. Wittry lifts a two ...

Jay Damm hunting fossils at Mazonia State Fish and Wildlife Area leads the note package around Chicago outdoors and beyond.

Arjan Mann, a paleontologist at the Field Museum of Natural History who specializes in Mazon Creek fossils, is studying what he thinks might be a new species of salamander ancestor. This fossil is ...

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