It felt like paddling through soggy cereal. My wife and I were deep within Everglades National Park, struggling to kayak past dense mats of periphyton, a mass of algae, fungi and other organisms.

The 16.8-acre fire began in the area of 216 S. Third St. at Wixson Park at 8:56 a.m. Second and third alarms went out for ...

Canyonlands owes its existence to the mighty Colorado River, the same river responsible for the better-known Grand Canyon.