Forget crowded beaches and overpriced resorts – the ultimate spring break adventure is hiding in eastern Oklahoma’s Ouachita Mountains ... splashes of color against emerging green, and wildflowers ...

McGee Creek State Park is tucked away in southeastern Oklahoma where the Ouachita Mountains begin their impressive ascent from the plains, creating a landscape that feels almost out of place in the ...

Chickasaw National Recreation Area in Oklahoma ... zone where the Eastern deciduous forest and the Western prairies meet. It has flora and fauna from both environments and other flora and fauna ...

Three members of Girl Scout Troop 7158 unveiled their Silver Award project on Tuesday for Earth Day. The troop's project is a ...

Spring transforms the landscape around the Tri-Cities, painting it with a vibrant palette of wildflowers. Here is a list that highlights some of the best wildflower hikes within a 200-mile radius ...

Yakima Skyline Trail (Yakima, WA) Roughly 80 miles from TriCities, this gorgeous 4.4-mile trail overlooks the Yakima Valley ...

Here’s more about what’s blooming and what’s coming up at parks, preserves and gardens in the region as spring arrives.

While native plants can positively benefit the curb appeal of your garden, it also directly supports the animals and insects ...

Wildflowers growing on land previously used for buildings and factories can accumulate lead, arsenic and other metal contaminants from the soil, which are consumed by pollinators as they feed, a ...

The storm also brought heavy rain to a broad swath of north-central Texas across central-eastern Oklahoma, much of which saw 2 to 4 inches (5 to 10 centimeters) accumulate Saturday into Sunday.

Tornado watches were in effect Sunday for parts of those two states in addition to pockets of eastern Oklahoma and various places in southwestern, central and northern Texas. In the latter state's ...