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The National Park Service released visitation numbers from 2025, including a ranking of the U.S. parks. See the most and least visited here.
“How did I not know this creature lived on Earth with me?”—that’s the top comment on a viral video showing a lowland streaked tenrec.
The National Park Service shared footage of an adorable marmot screaming at the top of its lungs, and somehow it’s still cute. Watch here.
Grand Canyon National Park will reopen the North Rim of the Grand Canyon to visitors starting Friday, May 15, 2026. See details here.
Fascinating footage shows a group of sperm whales supporting a sperm-whale mother and her newborn calf during an hours-long birthing event.
It’s time to make plans for warm weather! For RVers, this includes making critical upgrades to your rig. See what FOGATTI has to offer.
A wildlife photographer recently shared beautiful footage of an Andean bear mom and cub in the wilds of Colombia. See it here.
A woman wearing in a bikini tried climbing down a cliff, but she got stuck about 70 feet down and rescued a helicopter rescue. Watch here.
A man came across not one, not two (or three), but FOUR mountain lions hanging out in a single tree. Watch here.
It’s rattlesnake season out west, and in southern California, two people have died in the past month after being bitten. Learn more.