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Walk With a Friend at Tualatin Hills Nature Park: 9 a.m. first Wednesdays and third Sundays. Take a guided walk and learn ...

You’re taller in the morning than at night Here’s a weird fact about the human body: When you wake up in the morning, you’re ...

Photographer Mitch Epstein's years-long project highlights the majesty and vulnerability of old growth forests across the US ...

JRR Tolkien, author of The Lord of the Rings laid the foundation of his fantasy world in Britain’s second city, where he grew up ...

To celebrate the 30th edition of the L.A. Times Festival of Books, we asked authors, editors, critics and scholars to select ...

Why are incarcerated people dying from lack of food or water, even as private companies are paid millions for their care?

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Stories at the Crossroads of People and Nature," David B. Williams slows down and takes a close look at Seattle.