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Park naturalist helping kids, St. Charles County get back to nature

He's part of the effort to restore the county's wetlands, savannas and woodlands.

Journey 2 reveals the mysterious allure of islands

From South Pacific to Archipelago, cinema and fiction has long explored island paradises and hell-holes. But why are film-makers enchanted by islands time and time again? Jules Verne's works have much to offer the makers of CGI-prone, 3D-disposed kids' adventure flicks. The 2008 version of Journey to the Centre of the Earth did well enough at the box office, so a sequel was obligatory. We could ...

Postcards From Readers: Cheetahs in the Masai Mara, Kenya

The photographer: Richard Turner of Sacramento Behind the lens: The cheetah emerged from the bus

Combing for bees

About every third mouthful of food that we savor we owe a debt of gratitude to the hard-working honey bees. And if we want to continue enjoying their bounty, we’d better become their Galahads now that danger to their existence is lurking in the environment.

Teacher Sexual Misconduct is on the Rise

COMMENTARY | Public school teachers in multiple states made headlines on a fairly regular basis in 2011 for all the wrong reasons. Thousands of dedicated and caring educators across America must already be cringing because similar news articles are once again announcing teacher arrests for student sexual assault and abuse charges in the first few weeks of 2012.