In Churchill, Canada, there’s a jail for bad news bears. The crime? Getting too close to humans. The punishment? A time-out that lasts for up to a month with no snacks and then a one-way helicopter ride miles outside of town. Churchill is a unique, remote place in the Canadian province of Manitoba, right in [...]
After decades of research into the ways polar bears stay warm in the wild, scientists have developed a new textile that could revolutionize the apparel that keeps us warm outside. Researchers at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst say that their new two-layer fabric mimics polar bear skin and fur to make clothing that keeps [...]
On Sunday night, the Maryland State Police dispatched a rescue mission when a hiker and his dog got stuck on a cliff above the Shenandoah River, located in West Virginia. At around 10pm, Maryland State Police Aviation Command’s (MSPAC) Trooper 3 was called to a mountainous, heavily forested area of Harpers Ferry National Park. A [...]
The United States government has launched an initiative to protect wildlife sanctity. This pilot program will install corridors for animals along busy roads. State and local governments, as well as several Native American tribes are set to use $350 million from the infrastructure fund to construct these corridors. Wildlife signs will be installed to notify [...]
Be prepared to be tested. On Thursday, May 18, Bear Grylls’ new competition series, “I Survived Bear Grylls,” will premiere on TBS. In this exclusive first-look trailer, we get a glimpse of the wild and thrilling competition that awaits. After years of life-saving missions in some of the most isolated places in the world, Bear [...]
This New Jersey theme park’s methods of purchase and sale of exotic animals has been called into question by federal agencies. Apparently, the park’s practices are breaking a few regulations and permit laws. The authorities may be conducting a federal criminal investigation of them, and they may have broken the Endangered Species Act this past [...]
As UK’s Chief Scout, and Chief Ambassador of World Scouting, it makes sense that one of Bear Grylls’s favorite books is the classic children’s tale The Bear Scouts, by Stan and Jan Berenstain. The story is a children’s book that Bear’s father used to read to him when he was small, and which Bear read [...]
Recent research shows that exercise could sharpen your thinking faster than we ever thought possible. Better yet, just six minutes of vigorous exercise could be enough to give the brain a significant boost. That was the conclusion of one new study, which was led by researchers at the University of British Columbia in Canada. In [...]
An Australian man has been charged with kidnapping a platypus and showing it off around town. The 26-year-old, whose name has not been released, is accused of capturing a platypus in the state of Queensland, taking it on a train in Brisbane, and then toting it around a shopping center to show it off. “According [...]
In a heart-stopping video shared by Outdoor Life, watch as an angry bear lunges at two dirt bikers and attacks one of their vehicles. It’s the stuff of absolute nightmares for anyone who adventures in the woods, but don’t worry, you can exhale—both riders appear to escape unscathed. The two riders evidently surprised a bear [...]
