Dickerson Park Zoo’s zookeeper, Dr. Stephanie Carle, explains the importance of leaving animals in the wild alone.

With those hot temperatures this week, the City of Springfield is opening up cooling centers for the next couple of days.

Featured movies include Disney’s “Moana 2,” Dreamworks’ “Wild Robot,” and “Paddington in Peru,” all in public park spaces for the city to enjoy. This annual tradition is free of charge. Movies will be ...

President Woodrow Wilson in 1916 signed the act creating the Service to leave natural and historic phenomenons “unimpaired for the enjoyment of future generations.” Since then, our national parks have ...

Many people know her, and that’s not something she takes lightly — in fact, she said the Forest Park community is a large ...