Experience the soothing ambiance of a peaceful river with this relaxing video. Listen to gentle flowing water as clear greenish currents ripple over rocks and pebbles, creating a calming soundscape ...

Local forecasts predict clear skies and temperatures reaching the mid-40s in town. As of Friday morning, it was expected to ...

This week’s column will focus on outstanding and unusual evergreens and shrubs for winter interest and even blossoms.

From yearly festivals to sprawling nature landscapes, these flowers in Japan prove that there’s more than just cherry ...

Farmer Wilson Bentley was the first to photograph the tiny snow crystals individually, and his collection reveals that each ...

Snow on the sand, waves in motion—Japan’s winter beaches reveal one of the world’s rarest coastal spectacles. Japan's northern and western coasts feature rare snow-covered beaches in winter Hokkaido ...

There is great irony in the fact that we tend to associate the winter holiday season with busyness, stress, and overwhelm. While we are rushing and doing, the natural world around us is in a ...

A nest made of spider webs has the advantages of being soft, with good insulation and is pliable enough to expand as the baby birds grow. This hummingbird nest fell out of a pine tree. Note the gray ...

Uppsala, Sweden, 17th Dec 2025 – Paper Whisper has introduced a seasonal selection of Japanese stationery curated around Nordic ideas of balance, restraint, and material quality. The winter release is ...

For centuries, people have gathered with family and friends to recognize the longest night of the year and to celebrate the return of longer days to come. Chippewa Nature Center will host its annual ...

In winter, Japan’s northernmost main island Hokkaido is a place of snow-covered forests and white-crested volcanoes mirrored in glacial lakes. It’s also the land of the Ainu, an Indigenous people ...