Spring. The word itself says it all: longer, warmer days that (quite literally) put a spring in your step and a smile on your face.

There’s a moment when you first step onto the trails at Dixon Springs State Park when the world seems to shift. The air smells different here in this tucked-away corner of Pope County, Illinois – ...

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'Astronomical' spring follows the date of the spring equinox determined by the Earth's tilt as it travels around the Sun; in the northern hemisphere this year that's 20 March. But meteorologists tend ...