Zak Mertz holds a spring peeper frog, moments before setting it free next to a vernal pool in Weymouth, Mass. Inside the New England Wildlife Center in Weymouth, Zak Mertz pointed to what he called a ...

If you’re not looking for vernal pools, you might never even know they’re here. These temporary wetlands appear in Michigan forests each spring, only to disappear a few weeks later. In that short span ...

Iron Mountain Hot Springs has 17 small soaking pools and more coming this summer in a 21-and-up section. Colorado has no shortage of mineral hot springs. Heated by the Earth’s core, Mother Nature’s ...

You may walk by these watery oases each spring and never know the hundreds of lives inside—from tadpoles to fairy shrimp. Vernal pools fill with spring rain or melting snow and dry out by late summer.

One of my favorite memories was when we first moved to Maine, over 30 years ago, and discovered vernal pools (our house was surrounded by them). Vernal pools are seasonal forested wetlands that fill ...

In the early spring of 1874 Frank Trimble and his wife Rufina settled into what is now Durango, Colorado hoping to ease Frank’s rheumatism and war wounds in a place where they’d also find fresh air ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Glenwood Springs is a destination for those looking to soak in the natural hot springs, and soon, there will be even more ways to do so at its most ...