Every year on June 29, International Mud Day celebrates something many modern childhoods have lost: unstructured, messy ...

On Opening Day, Jim Bintliff allowed himself a moment to relax. His work as the sole supplier of the rubbing mud that is applied to 15-18 dozen major league baseballs before each game was complete.

Buster Salazar, 11, gets into the mud part of mud brick making during the 19th annual Fiesta de los Niños on Saturday at El Rancho de las Golondrinas. The festival featured live music and activities ...

1 / 20Revellers enjoy the traditional "Bloco da Lama" or "Mud Street" carnival party, in Paraty, Brazil. Legend has it the "bloco" was born in 1986 after local teens hiking in a nearby mangrove forest ...