Across the world, humans have told stories of creatures so strange and powerful they blur the line between myth and reality. Some may be echoes of ancient animals long extinct, while others reflect ...

“Anyone can love the mountains, but it takes a soul to love the prairie,” wrote Willa Cather, author of “O Pioneers!,” the saga of early westward struggles and the kind of character it took to ...

Julian Reuter left McClung Park on Tuesday morning having pet a Texas brown tarantula and a speckled kingsnake. The Jefferson City Parks Department and the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) ...