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What's Being Done to Save Wild Spaces from Instagram
Nestled along the Utah-Arizona border, Glen Canyon National Recreation Area boasts a summer vacation’s worth of scenic wonders: the curvy waterways and cinnamon-hued spires of Reflection Canyon, the...
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Why Some People Obsessively Hunt Elk Antlers
I’m sitting in the back seat of a truck bullying its way down Broadway Avenue in Jackson, Wyoming, minutes before midnight on the eve of May 1. Ahead there are at least a hundred vehicles, with many...
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Are You an Elk Parent or a Bison Parent?
A few weeks ago, while visiting Vermejo Park Ranch in northern New Mexico, my family and I were out on a wildlife safari in a remote valley when we spotted a newborn elk calf wobbling across the road,...
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No One Should Ever Be Injured by a Bison
The timing was not intentional. On Tuesday, we published a video we shot in Wyoming’s Yellowstone National Park imploring viewers to stay as far away from wildlife as possible. On Wednesday, a...
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Things in Yellowstone That Can F**king Kill You
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If You Visit Myanmar, Go Here
Myanmar’s government has been in the news for the persecution of its Muslim minority, the Rohingya people. This has left many questioning whether they should visit the reclusive Southeast Asian nation....
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An Ocean Plastics Field Trip for Corporate Executives
The subtropical island of Bermuda does not see many icebreakers, but on a warm May day, Dave Ford is standing on one, welcoming his uneasy guests aboard. Technically, the RCGS Resolute, 400 feet long...
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How to Turn Your Passion into a Career—and Make Money
Welcome to Tough Love. Every other week, we’re answering your questions about dating, breakups, and everything in between. Our advice giver is Blair Braverman, dogsled racer and author of Welcome to...
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Trump's Assault on the Endangered Species Act Begins
On Monday, the Trump administration announced the opening salvo in its long-feared attack on the Endangered Species Act. The three-pronged assault is designed to weaken protections for threatened and...
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The Nine Circles of Hiker Hell
(Brendan Leonard) (Brendan Leonard) (Brendan Leonard) (Brendan Leonard) Brendan Leonard’s new book, Bears Don’t Care About Your Problems: More Funny Shit in the Woods from Semi-Rad.com, is out now.
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How Trump's ESA Rollback Threatens Polar Bears
The changes announced Monday to the Endangered Species Act are going to vastly reduce the protections granted to wildlife in this country. But parsing the convoluted legal language is complicated and...
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Learn the Fox Walk to See More Wildlife
Want to go into the woods without disturbing wildlife? The first step is to learn how to move silently. Here, Wes Siler shows you the fox walk.
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What Happened When a Wolf Attacked a Family in Banff
On August 8, New Jersey residents Matthew and Elisa Rispoli were six days into their Canadian vacation with their sons when they pulled into the Rampart Creek Campground in Banff National Park. They...
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Does Bear Spray Work?
Fact #1: Bear spray is 98 percent effective. Fact #2: Your odds of being injured by a bear while carrying a firearm are the same as if you’re carrying no defense at all. I’ve always taken the...
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Doug Peacock on the Fight to Protect Grizzly Bears
Doug Peacock took an unlikely path to becoming an icon of conservation. Following two tours in the Vietnam War as a Green Beret medic, he sought solace in the American Wilderness, where he began...
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Please Do Not Feed Bears Donut Holes
In late August, a British Columbia man pled guilty in a Fort Nelson courtroom to hand-feeding grizzly bears along the Alaska Highway in northeastern B.C. I’m sorry, you might say, can you repeat that?...
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With Drilling ANWR a Go, Polar Bears Will Suffer
On September 12, just hours after the House of Representatives voted to protect the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) from drilling, the Department of the Interior announced its final plans for...
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11 Funny Cartoons Involving Wildlife
A few years ago, my Instagram feed wasn’t quite doing it for me, for whatever reason—maybe I sort of OD’ed on photos of beautiful places, maybe all the photos of beautiful places were making me...
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'Molly of Denali' Gives Native Kids a New Cartoon Hero
This summer, I did something I never thought I’d do—I binge-watched a children’s TV show. Specifically, I watched 13 episodes of the new animated PBS show Molly of Denali, featuring a ten-year-old...
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Amazon Reviews of 'Moby Dick' As Free Verse Poetry
Lots of people love Moby Dick, which has long been considered a classic of American literature and one of the best adventure books of all time. But lots of people do not love Moby Dick, too. They hate...
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