When I heard that there was such a thing as a foldable kayak, I saw this as my opportunity to own a kayak, since we do not have the space to store a traditional kayak—especially a double. When my husband heard that there was such a thing as a foldable Read more…
It was a particularly deadly week at Mt. Fuji. Four people died on the Japanese mountain, and the circumstances surrounding three of the four deaths are still a mystery, including when and how the three climbers died. First responders went looking for a man who hadn’t returned home after summiting Read more…
When a Goodwill employee in Stafford, Virginia started sifting through a box of donated books, that person did not expect to come across a four-foot snake. No one knows how the snake ended up inside the box of donated goods—did someone try to donate it? Did it try to donate Read more…
Trevor LaClair is a wildlife photographer and nature guide in places like Yellowstone National Park. One of the best wildlife moments he’s ever encountered was last spring in Yellowstone, when he came across a grizzly bear gnawing on a carcass it had pulled from a frozen pond. LaClair and his Read more…
Lest we forget the most diva bear that ever graced a trail cam, we just had to bring back the story of a black bear in Colorado that found a trail camera and managed to take 400 selfies, which is impressive by anyone’s standards. Unlike the black bear we recently Read more…
There’s a lot to unpack in the story about a rescued Brazilian rainbow boa called Renaldo who now lives in the animal-care program at the City of Portsmouth College. Staff and students were shocked last week to find that Renaldo gave birth to 14 little baby boas. First of all, Read more…
The nonprofit Feeding Animal does exactly what you’d think—they feed animals. And, if you had to guess, what do you think they feed monkeys? Well, in one particular clip, they feed them bananas. Dozens of monkeys converge when someone places a whole box of bananas on the ground, and the Read more…
A not-so-small army of outdoor enthusiasts has been getting a kick out of a photo showing a canoe strapped HORIZONTALLY on top of a Subaru. (Pausing for a moment of silence while that sinks in.) And while there are hundreds of humorous comments worth reading on the post exposing the Read more…
A slew of monk seal births in the Hawaiian Islands is exciting for the conservation community, but this also creates challenges for managing areas where humans and wildlife overlap. Yesterday, the Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) confirmed a new milestone, a Hawaiian monk seal pup born on Mokulua Read more…
First responders rescued Lukas McClish on Friday after he got lost while hiking near Big Basin Redwoods State Park in central California. McClish, 34, set out for a day hike and ended up stranded in the wilderness for over a week without even basic survival equipment. Thankfully, he survived and Read more…
