Thanks to social media, children across the United States are begging their parents to get them an exotic new pet. Axolotls, or Ambystoma mexicanum, are the new superstars of the amphibian world.

A portion of a popular Raleigh greenway will remain closed for a couple of months after a Christmas Eve fire. The fire destroyed part of a wooden bridge on the Walnut Creek Trail and will “require ...

Read 'Blood Brother' by Jeremy Haworth, Best Short Story selection for the second annual Best In Rural Writing Contest.