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Three Laws I’d Enact If I Ruled the World
With the presidential election coming up next week, I can’t help but think about the future of our world—mostly the next four years—and what it will look like. There are so many things that
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Video: Nature’s Force in Full View at Victoria Falls
Nature is powerful. It exists by the rules that it alone sets, and it progresses on its own trajectory. Its force is far stronger than we are. The coronavirus pandemic has certainly shown us
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Video: Zion National Park, Where Color Lives
For me, Zion National Park is the place where color lives. That’s how I connect to it. While other great national parks—such as Grand Canyon National Park at 1,904 square miles—instill awe in us by
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10 Tips for Ethical Wildlife Photography
Those of us who like to dabble in wildlife photography have never been luckier. Today, we have unprecedented opportunities and tools to find animal subjects. Online databases, photography forums and social media yield information—sometimes
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Elephant Poaching in the Pandemic
You probably already know the perilous position that the world’s elephants are currently negotiating. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has officially listed the Asian elephant as endangered and the African elephant
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Patagonia Ice and the Pandemic Stories It Will Tell
With temperatures predicted to top 90 degrees Fahrenheit all week in Wisconsin where I live, I, of course, have been thinking about ice. For the past two decades, in fact, my thoughts have often
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Studying the Structure of Giant Sequoias to Keep Us Safer
Yosemite National Park’s massive mountains—such as El Capitan, one of the world’s tallest monoliths—and its many waterfalls—such as Yosemite Falls, which drops 2,425 feet and is the highest falls in North America—provide some of
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New Discovery Shows Mayans Valued Essential Workers, Too
One of the many things that the COVID-19 pandemic has taught us is how important essential workers are to our own well-being and to society as a whole. Throughout the country, there has been
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