Scottish ultra marathon runner Joasia Zakrzewski was disqualified for riding in a car for 2.5 miles of the 50-mile race. 

The volcanic hot springs of Italy are harboring more than just a great vacation destination. According to a recent scientific expedition, they might be hiding the key to a clever way to clean up our carbon footprint.  In the Baia de Levante, off the coast of the island of Vulcano, researchers discovered a kind of [...]

Like the other elephants at the Berlin Zoo, Pang Pha likes to eat bananas. Unlike the others though, she prefers her bananas to be peeled – and she’s figured out how to peel them herself. Even more curious is that the middle aged elephant seems to know exactly when a banana is at its ripest, and [...]

Bear Grylls is internationally known for his books, Netflix specials and numerous television shows – but did you know what his very first time on TV was via a commercial?  After becoming one of the youngest humans ever to climb Mount Everest at age 23, Bear Grylls was recruited to take part in the “Sure [...]

If you’ve been meaning to give meditation a try and you’ve been putting it off, here’s your official invitation: A new collaboration between Headspace and the National Parks Foundation is bringing you guided meditations and bedtime stories straight from your favorite parks.  Headspace, a meditation app that offers “sleepcast” bedtime stories to help you wind [...]

In the deserts of southwest Africa, a small bird called the Namaqua sandgrouse hides a big secret. To bring water back to its young, the bird has a sort of water reservoir hidden in its feathers. A new study from the Royal Society Interface investigated just how this desert-dwelling bird is able to do this, [...]

As well as spending three years in the British Special Forces and hosting numerous TV shows like Running Wild, our adventurer Bear Grylls has also broken numerous records on land, sea and in the air – and in 2009, he entered the Guinness Book of Records at age 34 as the youngest Chief Scout, a [...]

In the Scottish Highlands, you can find a unique landscape: Caledonian pinewoods that are direct descendants of trees dating all the way back to the last ice age, but these forests are in grave danger. The main culprit? Deer. The solution? It’s complicated. A new study published by Trees for Life, which is working to regenerate [...]

The accident happened while 25 guides were ascending above the Khumbu Icefall on their way from Camp 2 to the summit.

It’s already well-established scientifically that nature is good for your mental health, physical health, and overall wellbeing. A recent study published recently asked an interesting new question: could hiking in the mountains improve your relationship? The study, published by the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, investigated the effects of “forest therapy” and [...]