This lake and state park offer everything you want in an outdoor adventure, including boating and fishing, hiking and beaches ...

A top state budget writer’s push to open a state park in his legislative district remains in limbo after some of the money he ...

Across the vast American landscapes lies the most peaceful place in every U.S. state that travelers have discovered and experienced. It's a mix of windswept shores, forgotten and secluded trails, ...

Mingo National Wildlife Refuge, located about 30 minutes north of town, presents yet another natural wonder worth exploring.

The rich woods of the Ozark Plateau, crisscrossed by lovely hiking trails and canoe streams, harbor forest species such as the Broad-winged Hawk, Chuck-will’s-widow, Acadian Flycatcher, and ...

A program on spring bird migration, presented by Mitchell Pruitt with the Ozark Bird Conservancy, is from 11 to 11:45 a.m. Birds of prey featuring live birds with Lynn Sciumbato, founder of ...

In this episode of Growing the Ozarks, host Kelly McGowan of the University of Missouri Extension talks with Springfield Plateau Chapter Master Naturalist Lois Zerrer about the invasive Bradford pear.

Access to a long-awaited alternative water source for much of Southwest Missouri, including Joplin, has been approved. Roddy Rogers, executive director of the nonprofit Southwest Missouri Water ...

The 113-mile route that meanders through small towns in the Ozark Plateau, then takes you on a ferry over the massive Bull Shoals Lake and into the Missouri countryside, is one that you need to ...

Kansas says these 21 species are endangered due to population trends, habitat loss or because they're overly used for commercial purposes.

The survey will provide images of the Ozark Plateau to create a map of mineral resources. The area is known for Mississippi Valley-type deposits and numerous mineral commodities. The planes will fly ...