Last year, legendary thru-hiker Jack “Quadzilla” Jones attempted to hike the AT for a grand. Here’s how he fared—and the ...

This commentary originally appeared in The Athens Messenger. By Victoria LaPoe, Ph.D., Ohio University Professor, E. W.

During springtime, the town wears its seasonal finery with casual grace. Daffodils and tulips nod from garden beds, flowering ...

NPR's Scott Detrow talks with Robert Scheller, landscape ecology professor at North Carolina State University, about the increasing risk for wildfires in southeast and southern Appalachian regions.

Mount Spurr lies about 80 miles west of Anchorage, which is Alaska's most populous city, making it one of the state's most closely watched volcanoes. It last erupted in 1992, spreading ash over ...

Opposition grows to proposed Maryland laws to build multi-state overhead transmission line on protected wildlands to forever ...

The fighting of the American Civil War ultimately reached nearly every state in the Northern and Southern territories, with ...

"Virginia’s eccentricity shines through in its most unique communities," said World Atlas, and "these nine towns each have a ...

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Appalachia is the fourth oldest surviving European place name in the United States, and according to legends, its history ...