Hugs, defines my Webster Collegiate Dictionary, means “putting one’s arms around someone and pressing lightly” as in the sentence: “Grandma hugged the children goodbye.” And, if I remember correctly, ...

A tree can be your friend! Several years ago, the on-call Summit County Rescue Group mission coordinator received a call from Summit County Dispatch regarding a person lost in the Mesa Cortina area.

Every other Friday on Morning Edition NHPR’s Sam Evans-Brown tracks down answers to questions about the environment and outdoors for our listeners in a segment we call “Ask Sam." An anonymous listener ...

A Kenyan woman, Truphena Muthoni, beat her own world record, hugging a tree continuously for 72 hours at the foot of Mount Kenya. Her “silent protest” was meant to hold authorities and a complacent ...

Cynthia Njeri Mburu's 168-hour tree-hugging marathon in Murang'a ended after 128 hours due to exhaustion that saw her rushed ...