Corey Buhay is a Colorado-based writer and editor and a former member of the U.S. Ice Climbing Team. Her work has been featured in Outside, Backpacker, Smithsonian, and Alpinist.
Debra Howell was in just the right place at the right time. She was driving down a forested road near Asheville, North Carolina when she caught sight of a black bear, apparently newly emerged from hibernation. The bear had found an obliging roadside tree and was immersed in a particularly hilarious personal care routine: scratching [...]
A recent video shows what looks like a great white shark caught off the Alabama coast. If confirmed, it will be the first great white ever caught in the state. The catch came as a total surprise to anglers Dylan Wier and Blaine Kenny. Both are shark fishing guides and were familiar with the waters [...]
Those close to Mr. Pickles always thought he’d make a great father. Now, after nearly a century of trying, the 90-year-old tortoise will finally get the chance to find out. Earlier this week, the Houston Zoo announced that Mr. Pickles and Mrs. Pickles—both endangered radiated tortoises native to Madagascar—welcomed three new babies into the world. [...]
On March 21, the Biden Administration officially designated two brand-new national monuments: Avi Kwa Ame in Nevada and Castner Range in Texas. The monuments will protect a combined 514,000 acres of public land, which will be open to hiking, camping, and outdoor recreation of all kinds. Avi Kwa Ame National Monument is a swath of [...]
Harrison Ford has probably attended a lot of release parties in his day. Film releases, record releases, album releases—but this January, he attended a slightly different event: a shark-release party on the coast of Indonesia. The event marked the culmination of a years-long conservation campaign to release 500 baby zebra sharks into the Indian Ocean. [...]
Earlier this February, just before Valentines Day, Deb Hoyt spotted a classified ad for a lonely goose. Blossom, the newspaper ad read, had been recently widowed and was seeking a life partner. Could this be the message from the universe that Hoyt had been looking for? Hoyt immediately called the number, hoping to set up [...]
Last week, a group of Maine lobster industry advocates filed a lawsuit against the Monterey Bay Aquarium for warning its visitors not to purchase American lobsters. The California aquarium had stated that lobster fishing equipment can harm the endangered right whale. Boycotting American lobster, it suggested, was among the best ways to help protect the [...]
During his 2020 presidential campaign, Joe Biden had a slogan: “No more drilling on federal lands, period.” This week, he reneged on that promise, green-lighting a ConocoPhillips project to clear-cut vegetation, build roads, and install more than 200 oil wells in the Western Arctic. So, how did we get here? For many voters, Biden felt [...]
Bald eagles are known to have great stamina and sharp eyesight. Apparently, they also have impeccable taste. Earlier this month, nature photographer Doug Gemmel captured a juvenile bald eagle swooping down on a new variety of prey: a slice of pepperoni pizza. Gemmel told the News Times that he saw the eagle descending toward something [...]
Last week, a “hostile” zebra attacked a man near Columbus, Ohio, biting his arm so badly that he had to be put in a tourniquet. According to The Washington Post, no one was quite sure who owned the zebras, or why the man was in the field at the time. The 911 dispatcher who picked [...]
