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There are currently more than 160 forest fires raging throughout the Canadian provinces of Quebec and Ontario, causing smoke to spread across the northeast.  An estimated 98 million people in both the U.S. and Canada are now under air quality alerts.  According to the New York Times, the air quality in New York City yesterday [...]

Kristin Harila, 37, of Norway, is working to break the 2019 record by climbing 14 peaks in three months. The current record is held by Nurmal Purja, who completed the climbs in a little over six months, and he later made a documentary about it. This is Harila’s second attempt to break the record. Her first [...]

For only the second time in 100 years, a wolverine was spotted near Bishop, California, roaming in the eastern Sierra Nevadas. The National Park Service said this particular wolverine was seen three times in the last month. Wolverines have been considered fundamentally extinct for most of the 20th century and are extremely rare. The last [...]

You’ve seen it in the news: Orcas are attacking boats. They’ve even sunk a few of them. Here’s what the experts have to say.

Bear Grylls has completed many challenges in his career, but he is probably best known for his action-packed TV shows such as Running Wild, where he takes A-list celebrities to remote places to teach them survival skills.  With his latest show I Survived Bear Grylls running on the small screen, we take a look at [...]

Two deceased humpback whales were found floating, one near Wainscott, New York, and the other in Raritan Bay, New Jersey. The Atlantic Marine Conservation Society and Marine Mammal Stranding Center performed necropsies on the two deceased humpback whales to determine the cause of death, and the results are disturbing. The first whale found drifting in [...]

If you’re looking for ways to stretch your vacation time and your budget this summer, “slow travel” might be just the change of pace you need.

The Great Plains Zoo in Sioux Falls, South Dakota welcomed six red wolf pups. The species is critically endangered.

A new crop of budding survivalists has gotten off the couch this week to see if they have what it takes to score the $10,000 grand prize on I Survived Bear Grylls (Thursdays on TBS at 9:00 pm ET/PT). “You’re going to be taken to your limits,” evil mastermind Bear promises, explaining the challenges will [...]