Phillip Manning

Know what to look for and you can simply pick one up off the ground.

The most old-growth forest in the east resides in North Carolina's Joyce Kilmer Wilderness.

Cumberland Island's south shore provides remarkably pristine beaches and mossy forests.

Plus 24 other round-the-campfire brain stumpers every nature buff should know.

Look on the south sides of mountains to catch animals coming out in spring.

A well-intentioned handout today could mean disaster for panhandling wildlife tomorrow.

Fifteen trails that'll take you from flaming maples to towering redwoods, with plenty of shimmering aspen in between.

What makes those golf-ball-size lumps on trees? A tiny wasp with a lot of nerve.

Follow four-legged trail blazers down paths you'll never find on a map.