Everyone is familiar with water lilies; they have round, floating leaves (lily pads) and elegant flowers. They are admired by most people and appreciated by small creatures such as damselflies and ...

"It took me some time to understand my water lilies…," wrote Claude Monet. "I cultivated them with no thought of painting them… One does not fully appreciate a landscape in one day… And then, suddenly ...

Jaymi Heimbuch is a writer and photographer specializing in wildlife conservation, technology, and food. She is the author of "The Ethiopian Wolf: Hope at the Edge of Extinction." Katherine Martinko ...

JUMP RIGHT IN: A tourist plays with water lilies in Đồng Tháp Mười. The water lily plants often blossom when the floating season arrives in Đồng Tháp Mười, usually from September to December each year ...

We carried the kayak 75 yards to the Goose Lake landing, less than an hour from Rochester. I really don't consider this area a lake, as it is connected directly to the largest river in America. But ...