Over the last few years, anti-predator sentiment has flared across the American West, and legislators have loosened hunting restrictions for wolves and black bears. Now, some hunters want grizzlies to be next. The proposal to remove the grizzly bear from the endangered species list was first put forward in 2021. Five Republican senators introduced a [...]
According to new research published in Nature Scientific Reports, regular fitness may help prevent memory loss as you age—but in some surprising ways. Over the course of the study, Dartmouth researchers followed 113 participants for a full year, collecting data from their fitness trackers and administering regular memory tests. The use of fitness trackers, by [...]
Colossal Biosciences, a U.S.-based gene editing company, has just announced an ambitious new plan to “de-extinct” the dodo. Dodoes—three-foot-tall flightless birds that once thrived on the African island Mauritius—went extinct sometime in the 17th century. According to even the most optimistic scientific models, they died out for good around 1690, shortly after European settlers arrived [...]
On January 7, savasana proved a little less restful than usual for one Miami yogi, who experienced “excruciating pain” when a giant lizard fell out of a tree onto his face. The practitioner, named Michael, was nearing the end of the free class that yoga instructor Anamargret Sanchez holds every Saturday in Miami’s Legion Park. [...]
A new scientific analysis tackles one of America’s biggest unanswered questions: What or who is bigfoot, anyway? The verdict: perhaps not as mythical a being as you might think. In a recent paper, Pittsburgh-based data analyst and simulation modeler Floe Foxon completed one of the largest known statistical studies of bigfoot sightings in North America. [...]
Single parenting sure isn’t easy. And as one mama bear showed in a video that went viral this week, the struggle of traveling with kids is not limited to the human species. The video, filmed by local Robin Cavalli on a two-lane road in Connecticut, shows a female black bear with four cubs in tow. [...]
On February 1, 2023, for the first time in three years, Arizona’s famous Havasu Falls will finally reopen to visitors. Located within the Havasupai Reservation adjacent to Grand Canyon National Park, the falls are internationally famous for their unique, stepped pools and fluorescently blue water. Many attribute that fame to Instagram; if you’ve spent much [...]
According to a new study, incorporating brief bursts of intense exercise into your day—just two minutes at a time—can dramatically improve your health and longevity. The study, which was led by an international team of scientists and published in Nature Medicine, used fitness trackers to follow the habits of more than 25,000 people over a [...]
After two decades of intense legal battle, 9.4 million acres of the nation’s largest national forest—the Tongass National Forest in southeast Alaska—will be protected from deforestation for good. The Biden Administration’s ruling, announced on January 25, repealed a Trump-era decision to reopen part of the Tongass to logging and road development. Conservation advocates, recreationists, and [...]
(Haven’t read our review of The Climb: Episode 1 yet? Start here!) In climbing, your choice of route — the path you commit to ascend up the rock — is critically important. Following your chosen direction with unwavering passion, purpose, and confidence — on the wall and everywhere else — is the overarching theme of [...]
