With every step on the trail, fallen leaves crinkle underfoot. The path follows a stream, rushing and burbling over smooth, gray stones, while a breeze rustles the branches overhead. Now compare that ...

A walk in the woods appears to sharpen the mind better than an urban asphalt amble, a new brain scan study finds. People strolling through an arboretum at the University of Utah performed better on ...

Humans have evolved to live much of their lives indoors or in urban, man-made environments. Increasingly, however, research shows the value of a walk in the woods. Melissa Piasecki, M.D., Senior ...

At a time when more than half the world’s population lives in cities and people spend about 90 percent of their lives indoors, our relationship with the natural world has never been more distant or ...

Free Nature Walks of Elings Park are returning for the third year with a slate of new topics about the 230-acre park’s biodiversity. Led by Santa Barbara Botanic Garden experts, the guided walks begin ...