Essay: A 70-mile hike provides a refuge from a stressful year
"Henry David Thoreau went into the woods to 'live deeply and suck out all the marrow of life.' Me? I just wanted to stop looking at my phone."
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Spotlight PA: America’s future depends on a thriving free press, and it’s time we take it back
By Christopher Baxter | Spotlight PA Spotlight PA is an independent, nonpartisan, and nonprofit newsroom producing investigative and...
When Coyotes Come to Town
No, coyotes won't eat your kids. No, coyotes won't lure your dog away to make a meal of it. No, coyotes will not stay away from your neighborhood if you remove the one you've seen. New coyotes will arrive to take its place. That’s totally coyote.
Why I’m addicted to bird nestcams (and you should be too)
For many, following a bird nestcam starts as a curiosity, then quickly veers toward obsession. And the high drama in the bird world can be as intense and dark as a Hollywood thriller.
Essay: Northern cardinals cheer up winter
Learn more about this colorful backyard bird, like how brighter males have better territories and tend to their young more.
A Gas Station Christmas
The romance of selling Christmas trees at his family's gas station is a treasured part of Joey Spehar's holiday memory—even if it was a lot of work.
Essay: Don’t thank the politicians for the Inflation Reduction Act. Thank the climate activists
One high school student says we should thank the climate activists for the largest investment ever into climate change.
Memories from Pittsburgh’s First Earth Day in 1970
Millions of people celebrated Earth Day across the country in 1970. So how did Pittsburghers break in the new holiday? We asked two women who were there to share their memories.
Essay: Winter camping, an unexpected love
How a winter with the Student Conservation Association turned this city dweller into a lover of cold nights spent outdoors.
Essay: An empty nest leads a mother to the woods
As her third child started college, Debra-Lynn Hook spent two and a half weeks in a rustic cabin amidst 200 acres of Michigan forest—to experience the grandeur and subtlety of the woods.
