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 [...]
Earlier this year, researchers in the Bahamas wanted to get a better look at the ocean floor—and decided the best way to do that was to strap cameras to a bunch of sharks. At the time, the scientists were looking for new patches of seagrass, a type of ocean vegetation that many species rely on [...]
If you’ve always wondered why your roommate is able to hit the gym every day while all you’re hitting is the couch, some recent science might have the answer. Modern genetic analysis has linked certain strings of DNA with a natural preference for exercise. Some people have this DNA. Some don’t. So, we’ve got good [...]
