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After eight years of planning, Australia’s Royal National Park will have a population of platypus for the first time in 50 years.

With the release of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom on Nintendo Switch, many of us find ourselves once again swept up in the dreamy scores, landscapes, and natural ephemera of the Zelda universe. Exploration is at the heart of this wandering, whimsical game, which invites players to run, swim, climb, fight, and [...]

The National Park System has over 400 units, but each year, people keep going back to the same few places. That leads to traffic jams (especially when tourists spy cute animals from their cars), parking issues, and crowded trailheads. While places with official “park” designation often get the most attention, there are so many other [...]

Did you know there are real-life lizards that would make even the Mother of Dragons swoon? Get to know five species that look like dragons.

The European Union has long had consumer protections in place that require airlines to compensate passengers with cash payments when their trips are disrupted—sometimes amounting to hundreds of dollars per ticket. Now, President Joe Biden wants to make U.S. airlines follow suit.  Currently, major U.S. airlines currently guarantee cash payments for travel disruptions, The New [...]

Nestled among the rugged sand dunes of the Cape Cod National Seashore, you can find 19 rustic, historic cabins, almost all of which are owned by the National Park Service. Booking a stay in one can be quite hard—these dune shacks are hot commodities, and the Park Service runs a lottery for people to book [...]

Summer and fishing go hand in hand. You can create all the amazing technology you like, but there’s nothing that compares to the calm tranquility of the great outdoors. Add the sweeping cast of a fly fishing line and the ripple as it hits the water and you have the most perfect day on earth [...]

Using only worms, Patrick Edwards broke state records for the biggest longnose and biggest white sucker fish in April.

As a bestselling author, Bear Grylls has written a number of books about his adventures and how to survive in the wild. If you’re in need of some new reading material, here are some of Bear Grylls’s highest-rated and well-reviewed books on Amazon to add to your reading list. And if you have little ones, [...]