Did you know that spending time in nature can lower stress levels, boost creativity, and enhance your overall well-being? If ...

Xcaret Park, a 200-acre ecological park, includes swaths of jungle. Pictured here is the manatee lagoon, home to two rescued manatees. Photo Credit: Brinley Hineman PLAYA DEL CARMEN, Mexico — As I ...

Editor’s note: We’re looking to highlight natural areas with water where you’re allowed to cool off when it’s hot outside. Have a favorite spot you don’t mind sharing in the Lehigh Valley region?

Reeds, charcoal, and polishing ponds clean water that makes its way through the pool, down a waterfall at the entrance, and ...

Devil's Pool at Victoria Falls is one of the most thrilling natural swimming spots in the world ...

As I entered deeper water, the only things visible were rays of sunlight spiraling like a vortex to the bottom 40 feet below. I was getting my first "salinity check" in eight months at my favorite ...

Charlotte Brynn winter swimming in Lake Willoughby. Photo courtesy of Charlotte Brynn/CNS Kate Kampner is a reporter with the Community News Service, part of the University of Vermont’s Reporting & ...

Texas has a tropical island. Surprising? Well, it certainly was for me. South Padre Island is a 113-mile-long barrier island that runs along the Texas coast from Corpus Christi to Port Isabel. With 34 ...