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GOTHIC, Colo. - When Michael Soule researched butterflies in this mountain valley in the early 1960s, the nearby town of Crested Butte was little more than a busted coal-mining settlement. "You couldn

When Michael Soule researched butterflies in this mountain valley in the early 1960s, the nearby town of Crested Butte was little more than a busted coal-mining settlement. ''You couldn't even buy a m

Chicagoans spend an entire season indoors, locked away from fresh air and nature. When choosing a summer vacation spot, it's no wonder that of the Americans planning to take 328 million leisure trips

*The critters really do poke their heads out of their burrows in February, researchers say -- but not to check on their shadows. When a male groundhog emerges from his burrow at this time of year, it'

When a male groundhog emerges from his burrow at this time of year, it's ladies he's looking for, not shadows. Groundhogs, also called woodchucks, have long been regarded as the most anti-social of ma