There’s nothing better than soaking in warm water. Well, other than doing it with an awesome view. Hot springs provide both. Here’s a list of nine incredible hot springs around the world. 1. Hot Water Beach: Coromandel Peninsula, New Zealand This beach got its name from the naturally heated mineral water that emerges through its […]
Lizzie Carr, an adventurer and environmentalist based in the UK, has set off on a three-week, 400 mile journey with only her stand up paddleboard and 30kg of supplies to bring awareness to plastic pollution. [instagram https://instagram.com/p/BFEY1P3RRWE expand=1] According to The Guardian, she set off from the most southern point of the UK’s connected waterways, the […]
Run a Google search on naturalist and preservationist John Muir and you will quickly turn up one of his best-known, yet abbreviated, sayings: “The mountains are calling and I must go.” It’s a compelling quote that says it all for many outdoor lovers, which may explain why it’s printed widely on mugs, t-shirts, posters and […]
By Hallie Smith Our national parks can be fun for the whole family. Here are a few parks that are especially kid-friendly and great destinations for National Park Week. This year marks the centennial year of the National Park Service, so there is no better time to teach our children how precious our national parks […]
Big birthdays can be tough to plan, from deciding how to have fun and satisfy competing friend groups, to crafting party invitations that tactfully say, “No, I am not too old for presents.” But the National Park Service, which will celebrate its centennial on Aug. 25, knows there’s only one way to ensure a flawless birthday bash: […]
The remote beach was empty except for me and my companions. The broad expanse of sea was empty, too and I squinted at the horizon, looking for a human shape. This was two years ago, deep in southern Chile and five of us had just descended the bottom section of the Pascua—a burly, glacier-fed river—by […]
For the most part, our brains didn’t evolve in cities. But in a few decades, almost 70 percent of the world’s people will live in urban environments. Despite the prosperity we associate with cities, urbanization presents a major health challenge. Cities, with their accelerated pace of life, can be stressful. The results are seen in […]
Denali is Alaska’s most well known national park, attracting nearly half a million visitors every year. To enter the park, there is only one 92-mile road visitors must travel. To help reduce traffic congestion and to protect the natural resources of the park, personal vehicles are not allowed beyond a certain point of Denali Park Road for […]
Yellowstone National Park’s wildlife has been in the news quite a bit in recent weeks. Last week, the park sent 100 bison to slaughter as part of its annual cull. Activist groups, such as the Animal Legal Defense Fund and the Buffalo Field Campaign, have been fighting to stop what they argue is the unnecessary killing of […]
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