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Four Vital Tips for Ethical Wildlife Photography

Four Vital Tips for Ethical Wildlife Photography

By Lisa Moore Imagine yourself, camera in hand, suddenly spotting a grazing elk, a hummingbird feeding its chicks, a grizzly charging a rival or a bumble bee gathering pollen. You want the shot, but how do you get it without disturbing the natural behavior of the beautiful animal you’re hoping to capture through your lens? […]

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    A Guilt-Free Day on the Slopes

    A Guilt-Free Day on the Slopes

    By Leslie Hsu Oh Winter gear earned a bad rep in the early 2000s. Scientists discovered that the perfluorocarbon chemicals (PFCs) present in synthetic waterproofing materials were not only linked to cancer and infertility, but could also take more than four years to flush out of winter-coat-wearers’ tissues. What’s more, PFCs’ persistent residues pose a […]

    Peru’s Newest National Park Safeguards 2 Million Acres of Amazon Rainforest

    Peru’s Newest National Park Safeguards 2 Million Acres of Amazon Rainforest

    The Peruvian government announced it will establish a new and enormous national park in the Amazon. Yaguas National Park, located in the northern region of Loreto, consists of 2,147,166 acres of rainforest, a vast river system and is home to more than 3,000 species of plants, 500 species of birds and 160 species of mammals, […]

    Haiti’s Most Popular Ecotourism Destinations

    Haiti’s Most Popular Ecotourism Destinations

    The tropical Caribbean island of Haiti is a paradise with a rich, fascinating history, natural wonders and diverse cultural offerings. It has also been named by some as the next big thing in regional tourism. But ecotourism in particular could become important for Haiti, with its rich land and sea biodiversity. Globally, the business of […]

    Best Astronomical Highlights of 2018

    Best Astronomical Highlights of 2018

    By Kelly Kizer Whitt Astronomical observers will find lots of reasons to mark their calendar in 2018. Two supermoons, two blue moons, five planets at opposition, three meteor showers that could produce more than 100 falling stars an hour, and at least one comet all occur in the year ahead, guaranteeing that you’ll have something […]

    10 Tips for Your First Time Camping in Winter

    10 Tips for Your First Time Camping in Winter

    By Connor McGuigan “What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness?” wrote John Steinbeck. Point taken, but there’s also a certain sweetness to the cold of winter. Cold-weather camping is a great way to savor those tranquil moments and settings only winter can provide—untouched snow-covered landscapes, early […]

    12 Reasons Bicycling Will Continue to Soar in Popularity

    12 Reasons Bicycling Will Continue to Soar in Popularity

    By Jay Walljasper For too long biking has been viewed skeptically as a white-people thing, a big city thing, an ultra-fit athlete thing, a twenty-something thing, a warm weather thing or an upper-middle-class thing. And above all else, it’s seen as a guy thing. But guess what? The times, they are a-changin’. More than 100 […]

    Connecting With Nature Improves Minds and Moods

    Connecting With Nature Improves Minds and Moods

    By Marlene Cimons Twentieth Century German social psychologist Erich Fromm first advanced the notion that humans hold an inborn connection to nature. Later, it was popularized by biologist E.O. Wilson as “the urge to affiliate with other forms of life.” In the ensuing years, support for the positive effects of nature has gained considerable traction, […]

    You Now Have More Time to Protest National Park Fee Hikes

    You Now Have More Time to Protest National Park Fee Hikes

    Following widespread outrage, the National Parks Service (NPS) has extended the comment period for the public to weigh in on the proposed rate hikes at 17 of the most popular national parks across the country. The comment period now closes Dec. 22, 2017. The original deadline had been set for Thursday. Under the Trump administration’s […]