Scientific American is part of Springer Nature, which owns or has commercial relations with thousands of scientific publications (many of them can be found at www ...

—This is the first in a series of articles on how you can enhance your walks in nature. That walk in the woods really rocked. That’s what you’ll be saying if you look at stone walls as more than just ...

Editor's Note: This is an excerpt from WBUR's Saturday morning newsletter, The Weekender. If you like what you read and want it in your inbox, sign up here. Picture the Great Wall of China. Now, ...

A research vessel in the Baltic Sea discovered a half-mile-long stone wall underwater dating to over 10,000 years ago. Experts believe that the wall was used by Stone Age hunters to corral reindeer.