Scotland has more than two dozen official long-distance trails through moors, peat bogs and forests. We chose one of the most popular, the West Highland Way. As first-time walkers in Scotland, my ...

Every other Friday on Morning Edition, the Outside/In team answers a question from a listener about the natural world. This week, we answer three questions about moss. Editor's Note: A previous ...

Once feared as homes to spirits, Estonia's bogs cover a fifth of the country and are vital to its culture and ecology. Today, travellers can explore them on guided bog-shoe treks. At first, the ...

On Tuesday November, 5 a young couple started out on a walk on the Kinder plateau in the morning. The route they were following did not explain how the path disappears when walkers start to cross the ...

Peat bogs sequester a massive amount of the Earth's carbon dioxide. But even as scientists work to better understand bogs' sequestration, the wetlands are under threat. On a cold winter afternoon, ...

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