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Many people are tired of the summer heat by late August. And if you’re ready for winter, then this video of a Canada lynx in a snowy forest might help you cool down. The clip shows a rare animal encounter that gave one person a close-up look at the elusive cat. Check it out: Photographer [...]

Rescuers ended up helping an injured thru-hiker on the Appalachian Trail as well as a bonus injured hiker they came across on the trail.

A wholesome video gives you a window into the mind of a five-year-old boy as he takes on downhill mountain biking for the first time.

Many people think they can identify a bear purely based on its coloring, but that isn’t always true. Black bears can be brown, and sometimes a grizzly bear can even resemble a panda, at least in one case in Wyoming. The Wyoming Game and Fish Department shared a video of the bear in question on [...]

Saguaro National Park and its partner organization, Friends of Saguaro National Park, won 2025 Excellence in Wilderness Stewardship Awards.

See clips of dogs surfing in a competition held earlier this month in California. It’ll definitely make you smile.

A new video of a moose is creating some laughs as the animal lounges in the grass and scares several mountain bikers.  The clip was posted online by @louellarae. She calls Alaska home, so seeing a moose isn’t too much of a surprise. However, if you’re mountain biking down some single track and turn the [...]

North America is home to tens of thousands of different kinds of plants. Knowing what some of them are can make a difference. Especially when it comes to avoiding poison ivy and other harmful plants.  So how well do you know your plants? A recent plant quiz online is asking about two common plants in [...]

Wildlife officials are warning pet owners about an invasive worm in Maine. The hammerhead worm looks like a cross between an earthworm and something you would see in a science fiction movie. As the name suggests, the head is flat like that of a hammerhead shark. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), the [...]