I was sitting on a rock in the mountains of Big Bend National Park last month watching the setting sun when a skunk sauntered over, walked between my legs and sniffed my shoelaces. I froze, of course.

Even though some nighttime temperatures are still below freezing, daytime temperatures are generally getting warmer, as is evidenced by lawns and fields. Grass is getting green, especially big tufts ...

Buddy is a city dog, accustomed to bedtime walks around the block on a leash. But on family vacations in rural Maine, I let her out the back door each night unaccompanied. One night last summer, she ...

Cal State Long Beach senior Brienne Cortez climbed through the brush of Bonelli Park in San Dimas just after dawn. With a flashlight in hand, she hesitantly approached an animal trap and shined the ...

Every other Friday on Morning Edition, Outside/In host Sam Evans-Brown tackles a question from a listener. Cindy from Chichester asks: "Every year I have a skunk that comes around and makes divots all ...

A new government report reveals that a Michigan man died after he received a kidney donation from a man who had undiagnosed ...

A Michigan man died of rabies after receiving a donor kidney from a man who was infected with the disease. The donor, who had ...