Lachlan Morton rode the route of the Tour de France and more, going 3,424 miles in 18 days. He's not in the official Tour but did the endurance ride for charity.

California’s landmark law allowing college athletes to sign paid endorsement deals started a national movement. With the NCAA no longer banning athlete compensation, advocates are pushing to speed up the law’s implementation and expand it to cover community college players.

With more ticks carrying disease than ever, here's what you need to know about which ticks to watch out for and what to do if you get bitten.

Sparkly pyrotechnics launched across the country, a year after the pandemic largely muted Independence Day festivities.

Moises and Daniel Monterrubio, with the help of friends, set up a nylon line across a massive gap in Yosemite National Park. They walked 2,800 feet across the line, which hung 1,600 feet above ground.

The National Park Service expects a busy summer as the country begins to emerge from the coronavirus pandemic. Last year 237 million people flocked to national parks to escape from COVID-19.

Limiting entry to popular Central Oregon trails could ease the harmful effects of overcrowding, but exclusivity — real or perceived — may only make these natural wonders more desirable.

Last summer, Pacific Northwest public lands and trailheads were overrun by people seeking COVID-safe getaways in the fresh air. The pandemic may be winding down, but it doesn't look like the crowds are abating.

The Pacific Northwest might seem like an unlikely place for mermaid culture to catch on, given the cold water here. Yet, putting on an eye-catching tail and pretending to be a mythical sea being is a thing across the Northwest.

Over the weekend, Major League Baseball welcomed spectators back to stadiums for regular season games for the first time since October 2019. The significance of Californians returning to a large public gathering — albeit masked and socially distanced, and stadiums at about a quarter of capacity — wasn’t lost on anyone.

Over a dozen outdoor preserves throughout Oregon will soon open for the first time in more than a year. On April 1, the Nature Conservancy will reopen the majority of their Oregon locations that have been closed to public access during the pandemic.