A 15-foot tower at Joe Creason Park could shelter up to three swift families a season, each bird devouring 1,000 bugs a day.

A decade-long fight to save 73 acres on Indian Lake Peninsula is finally becoming a public park with trails and forest.

A cool front already dropped Twin Cities highs into the 60s, but drought-stressed trees near St. Cloud could drop leaves early.

The cub has ballooned from 1 pound to more than 8 pounds since his July 1 birth at Asian Highlands. Donations to name him fund anti-poaching work in Russia.

Nearly 1,300 Joro spider sightings have popped up around Knoxville, from UT's campus to Ijams Nature Center. Experts say the golden orb-weavers are mostly harmless.

City beaches and pools closed Sunday, but Council Member Shekar Krishnan wants swimming to last a month longer, permanently.

Joshua Tree loses 10 planned projects while Denali's sled dogs go without dedicated caretakers under the funding freeze.

Esperanza Elementary's $4.5 million makeover took six years and turned blacktop into a running track kids now use.

Nearly 200 unconfirmed sightings have piled up near Emerald Isle and Wilmington, and nobody's sure how the crabs got there.

Rescuers called it a lucky find off Eastham after the tangled minke swam 40 miles with rope choking its mouth.

Ten more miles of the tri-state trail should open by next spring, planners say, but Portage and Gary segments remain stuck.

A South Grove man must fix his hedge by September 25 or face code action, as tree advocates say visibility rules are being applied too broadly.

One chowed on Mission District garden flowers before rescuers traced the pair's engine-bay habit to the Sierra Nevada.