A good ski or snowboarding flick can help get you in the mood to hit the slopes or help sate your hunger for snow if you can’t be in the mountains. (Our favorite time to watch is just before a big trip or the start of the new season!) Whether you’re in the mood for [...]
Having been lost and hungry in many different terrains around the world, Bear Grylls knows all about the world’s wildernesses, and he says that trees are one of the wild’s most welcoming and useful inhabitants that you can find. “In an otherwise hostile environment, they often seem like the only real friends you have,” he [...]
Can you imagine being stuck on a cruise ship with your ex-lover for three weeks? Because that’s where we were, unexpectedly, heading in the season 1 finale of Paramount’s Yellowstone prequel, 1923. When we left last week, Alexandra had just encountered her jilted fiance and his family over a rosé-fueled bistro meal in Italy as [...]
The bad news: Florida is overrun by 15-foot snakes. The good news: the state has a small army of python hunters on the job—and they’re using some techy new solutions to tackle their quarry. The python problem started decades ago with a handful of irresponsible pet owners. People started releasing their Burmese pythons into Florida’s [...]
For many folks, the whole appeal of trekking out into the great outdoors is to go off the grid. But sometimes using technology to better prepare and disconnect can come as an advantage. The rise of apps designed specifically for adventurers and outdoor enthusiasts means spending less time researching and more time in the wild—even [...]
A U.K.-based research company just investigated 10 top travel booking sites — including Airbnb, Expedia, Groupon, and TripAdvisor — and ranked them on how much they support notoriously cruel vacation experiences, like elephant rides The results might surprise you. We’ll get to those in a minute. But first, a brief overview of the problem: If [...]
Last week, a four-year-old Andean bear escaped from his habitat in the St. Louis Zoo, sending the entire facility into an hour-long lockdown. Guests and staff were corralled into safe indoor facilities while the zoo staff worked to secure the bear, named Ben. According to news network KMOV-TV, Ben was ultimately subdued with a tranquilizer [...]
The newest crop of Survivor castaways includes plenty of big personalities, accomplished competitors and ruthless rivals laser-focused on the challenge to win $1 million. Yamil “Yam Yam” Arocho, 35 San Juan, Puerto Rico Yamil “Yam Yam” Arocho is the first Puerto Rican currently residing in the Caribbean to play Survivor in the show’s history. He [...]
When a train loaded with toxic chemicals crashed near East Palestine, Ohio earlier this month and poisoned a local stream, many local residents thought the first few days of cleanup would be the hardest. But now, weeks later, far more sinister after-effects are beginning to appear. And this time, it’s not just fish that are [...]
You may not realize this, but in addition to his myriad survival skills on foot, Bear Grylls knows a lot about driving. Not only has he navigated all sorts of terrain around the world, from mud and ice to sand and grass, but he even drives his own amphibious RIB boat on land and water. [...]
