From whale watching in Monterey, California, to dune surfing in Colorado and beach bliss in Hawaii, here are some of the best ...

A small central Oregon town has been ranked among the top 10 best small towns across the U.S. for 2025 by Country Living ...

The Trump administration has fired about 1,000 newly hired National Park Service employees who maintain and clean parks, ...

Located in Goose Hollow, the home was originally owned by one of the first women physicians in the state, Emily Belle Cooper, who came over on the Oregon Trail as a 16-month-old with her family, and ...

The reproduction of Nolan Sprengeler’s Minnesota-record muskie at the Chicagoland Fishing, Travel & Outdoor Expo, now the Chicagoland Fishing Expo at the Schaumburg Convention Center.

Thirty-year-old Asian elephant Rose-Tu is seen with her baby after giving birth at the Oregon Zoo in Portland, Ore. on Feb. 1, 2025. (Oregon Zoo via AP) ...

A broken trail bridge on a popular waterfall hike ... Zach Urness has been an outdoors reporter in Oregon for 18 years and is host of the Explore Oregon Podcast. He can be reached at zurness ...

In this episode of the Explore Oregon Podcast, host Zach Urness talks with two Oregon researchers who published a study about a massive underground aquifer below the Central Cascade Mountains east ...

However, Quigley says he knows his story is not unique. He and others in the industry say the outdoors is a key reason businesses have decided to set up shop in the state. It's also a key reason ...

In this episode of the Explore Oregon Podcast, host Zach Urness talks with two Oregon researchers who published a study about a massive underground aquifer below the Central Cascade Mountains east of ...